Tommy Yews | |
Fullname: | Thomas Peace Yews |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1902 |
Birth Place: | Wingate, County Durham, England |
Position: | Winger |
Clubs1: | NER Durham |
Years2: | 1920–1923 |
Clubs2: | Hartlepool United |
Caps2: | 48 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 1923–1933 |
Clubs3: | West Ham United |
Caps3: | 332 |
Goals3: | 46 |
Years4: | 1933 |
Clubs4: | Clapton Orient |
Caps4: | 3 |
Thomas Peace Yews (28 February 1902 – August 1966) was an English footballer, playing as a winger.
Yews was born in Wingate, County Durham and played for NER Durham before joining Hartlepool United in 1920.[1]
Yews joined West Ham United for a fee of £150 in 1923 and played in the high-scoring Hammers team that included Vic Watson, and Jimmy Ruffell on the opposite wing.[2] He made a total of 361 appearances for the Upton Park club, scoring 51 goals.[3]
He left West Ham in 1933 and played three League games for Clapton Orient before retiring.[2]