| Tom Garneys | |
| Full Name: | Thomas Thurston Garneys |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Leytonstone, England |
| Death Place: | Basildon, England |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Clubs1: | Walthamstow Avenue |
| Years2: | –1948 |
| Clubs2: | Leytonstone |
| Years3: | 1948–1949 |
| Clubs3: | Notts County |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1949 |
| Clubs4: | Chingford Town |
| Years5: | 1949–1951 |
| Clubs5: | Brentford |
| Caps5: | 12 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 1951–1958 |
| Clubs6: | Ipswich Town |
| Caps6: | 247 |
| Goals6: | 123 |
Thomas Thurston Garneys (25 August 1923 – 13 March 2007) was an English professional footballer who made over 240 appearances as a centre forward in the Football League for Ipswich Town. He scored 143 goals in a seven-year spell, which was cut short by a persistent back injury.[1]
After his retirement from football, Garneys ran The Milestone pub (now known as The Mulberry Tree) in Ipswich.[2] [3] At the time of his death, he was living at a nursing home in Basildon.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1949–50[4] | Second Division | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1950–51 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | ||||
| Ipswich Town | 1951–52 | Third Division South | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1[5] | 0 | 52 | 20 | |
| 1952–53 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 6 | — | 40 | 24 | ||||
| 1953–54 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 5 | — | 51 | 24 | ||||
| 1954–55 | Second Division | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | — | 24 | 21 | |||
| 1955–56 | Third Division South | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 19 | |||
| 1956–57 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 3 | — | 31 | 15 | ||||
| 1957–58 | Second Division | 33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 19 | |||
| 1958–59 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 247 | 123 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 273 | 148 | |||
| Career total | 259 | 125 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 285 | 150 | |||
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