Tom Orpe | |
Fullname: | Thomas Orpe |
Birth Date: | 1900 |
Birth Place: | Hanley, Staffordshire, England |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Right winger |
Clubs1: | Stafford Rangers |
Years2: | 1920–1921 |
Clubs2: | Stoke |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Clubs3: | Hanley |
Years4: | 1922–1923 |
Clubs4: | Port Vale |
Caps4: | 8 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Clubs5: | Cheadle New Haden |
Thomas Orpe (1900 – after 1923) was an English footballer who played as a winger for Stafford Rangers, Stoke, and Port Vale.
Orpe played for Stafford Rangers, Stoke and Hanley before joining Second Division side Port Vale, initially on a trial basis, in November 1922.[2] He scored on his debut, in a 2–0 win over Stockport County at Edgeley Park on 9 December.[2] Seven days later, he went on to score in a 2–0 win over Crystal Palace at The Old Recreation Ground.[2] He fell out of favour in January 1923, as the man Opre replaced, Billy Harrison, was given another chance on the wing.[2] Opre then developed cartilage problems and was released, most likely at the end of the 1922–23 season.[2] He moved on to Cheadle New Haden.[2]
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