| Tom Tranter | |
| Birth Date: | 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Shropshire, England |
| Death Place: | British Virgin Islands |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | 1970 |
| Clubs1: | Hayes |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1973–1979 |
| Managerclubs1: | England women |
| Manageryears2: | 1979 |
| Managerclubs2: | Keflavík |
Thomas G. Tranter (1940–2005) was an English academic, and a football player and football coach. He was head coach of the England women's national team for six years during the 1970s.[1]
Tranter worked as a coach with Hayes and played for the first team.[2] While coaching at amateur club Southall, Tranter motivated a young Gordon Hill who returned to the professional ranks with Millwall and went on to play for Manchester United and England.[3]
Tranter also coached at Woking, Slough Town and Brentford, as well as being sent on various foreign assignments in his capacity as a Football Association staff coach, including coaching the England's Women Team between 1973 and 1979.[4] In 1979, he went to Iceland to coach Keflavík.[5]
In his academic career Tranter worked at Brunel University for 34 years and was made an honorary fellow in 2003, after retiring in July 2002.[6]
He and his wife Sandra had a son, Mark, and a daughter, Rachel.