Keith Thomas | |
Fullname: | Walter Keith Thomas |
Position: | Right winger |
Birth Date: | 1929 7, df=y |
Birth Place: | Oswestry, England |
Death Place: | Shrewsbury, England |
Youthyears1: | –1950 |
Youthclubs1: | Oswestry Town |
Years1: | 1950–1952 |
Clubs1: | Sheffield Wednesday |
Caps1: | 10 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 1952–1953 |
Clubs2: | Cardiff City |
Caps2: | 9 |
Goals2: | 4 |
Years3: | 1953–1956 |
Clubs3: | Plymouth Argyle |
Caps3: | 35 |
Goals3: | 8 |
Years4: | 1956–1957 |
Clubs4: | Exeter City |
Caps4: | 43 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Totalcaps: | 97 |
Totalgoals: | 19 |
Walter Keith Thomas (28 July 1929 – 5 October 2021) was an English footballer who played as a right winger. During the 1950s, Thomas made 97 appearances in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City.[1]
Born in Oswestry, Thomas played for the town's local club prior to signing for Sheffield Wednesday in 1950. A schoolteacher by profession, he rejoined Oswestry Town as player-manager in 1957 and, in 1959, joined Welsh side Pwllheli in the same position.[2]
Thomas died on 5 October 2021, at the age of 92.[3] [4]