- Tom Galley
Infobox Football biography
playername = Tom Galley
fullname = Thomas Galley
dateofbirth = birth date|1915|8|4
cityofbirth =Hednesford
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2000|7|12|1915|8|4|df=y
cityofdeath =Cannock
countryofdeath =England
nickname =
height =
position = Attacker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Cannock Town Notts County
years = 1933–1947 1947–1949 1949–1950
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers Grimsby Town Kidderminster Harriers
caps(goals) = 183 (41)
032 0(2) 00- 0 (-)
nationalyears = 1937
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 0(1)Thomas "Tom" Galley (
4 August 1915 –12 July 2000 ) was an English international footballer, who spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers.Career
Galley joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1933, signing professionally the following year before making his league debut on
5 January 1935 in a goalless draw at afc|Sunderland.He established himself in the second half of the 1935/36 season and the next campaign saw him score 16 times, his best-ever seasonal tally. A versatile attacker, he occupied many different positions over his 14-year stay at Molineux.
During the war, he served in France and Germany with the
Royal Artillery , and guested for fc|Aldershot, Leeds and fc|Watford. Either side of the conflict, he was a regular player in the Wolves side, forming a prolific forward line withDennis Westcott and appearing in the1939 FA Cup Final and 1942 War Cup Final.Galley won two England caps during his Wolves career, making a goalscoring debut against Norway on
14 May 1937 , and winning a second and final cap three days later against Sweden.He moved to Grimsby Town in November 1947, where he became captain, before later moving on to Kidderminster Harriers.
External links
* [http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/GoldenOldies/0,,10307~65482,00.html Official Wolves site profile]
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