- Tommy Younger
Football player infobox
playername = Tommy Younger
fullname = Thomas Younger
dateofbirth =10 April 1930
cityofbirth =Edinburgh
countryofbirth =Scotland
dateofdeath = Death date and age|1984|1|13|1930|4|10|df=y
position =Goalkeeper
years = 1948-1956
1956-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
1961-1963
clubs = Hibernian
Liverpool
Falkirk
Stoke City
Leeds United
caps(goals) = 177 (0)
120 (0)
006 (0)
010 (0)
037 (0)
nationalyears = 1955-1958
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 024 (0)Thomas Younger (
10 April 1930 –13 January 1984 ) was a Scottish professional footballer of the 1950s and 60s who played as agoalkeeper .Life and playing career
Born in
Edinburgh , Scotland, Younger signed for Home town club Hibernian in 1948 where he was part of the successful side of the early 50s, winning two titles in 1950-51 and 1951-52. Younger soon gained a reputation for being an excellent goalkeeper and alerted Liverpool manager Phil Taylor who captured his signature in June 1956 for£ 9000.He made his debut at
Anfield on the18 August , the same year, in a league match against Huddersfield Town, However, Huddersfield spoilt Younger's day by taking both points from a 3-2 win. He kept his first clean-sheet 2 games later atGigg Lane as the Reds beat Bury 2-0. Younger immediately took over the No.1 jersey at Anfield and played in 43 of Liverpool's 45 matches in his first season.Younger was capped by Scotland 24 times in just 3 years making his debut on the
4 May 1955 in a friendly international against Portugal atHampden Park ,Glasgow , the Scots were too strong for their Iberian counterparts winning the game 3-0 thus gaining Younger his first clean-sheet at national level. Younger also had the honour of keeping goal for the Scottish side during the1958 World Cup inSweden , he played in 2 matches, the first against Yugooslavia with the second, his last appearance for the Scots, coming against Paraguay.Younger spent 3 years at Liverpool only missing 6 matches during this time, he was allowed to leave to take on a player/manager role at Falkirk, a back injury led to him ending his career but, after finding out that the injury wasn't as bad as first diagnosed, he returned to
England when Stoke City signed him in 1960. Younger went on to play for Leeds United where he finally retired in 1962.After his retirement he stayed on at Leeds as a scout before he got his first coaching role, it was in
Canada at Toronto City. After his stint inToronto he headed back to the club that set him on his way, Hibs. As well as being a fabulous keeper he also had an astute business brain which he used in his role as, at first, a director at theEaster Road club and then Chairman.Younger also put a lot back into the Scottish game after he was appointed to the
Scottish Football Association where he eventually became President a role in stayed in right up until his death on13 January 1984 aged 53.Career details
"*" Hibernian F.C (1948 - 1956) - ??? appearances
*2 Scottish Football League Division 1 (Level 1) championship winners medals (1951 and 1952)
*Scottish League Cup runners-up medal (1951)"*" Liverpool F.C (1956 - 1959) - 127 (including 120 league)appearances
"*" Falkirk F.C. (1959-1960)
"*" Stoke City F.C. (1960-1961) - 10 league appearances
"*" Leeds United A.F.C. (1961-1962) - 37 league appearances
"*" Scotlandflagicon|Scotland(1955 - 1958) - 24 caps
External links
* [http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/younger/ Official past players at Liverpoolfc.tv]
* [http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=894 Player profile at LFChistory.net]
* [http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=44169&CFID=558224&CFTOKEN=20793338 Player details at Scottishfa.co.uk]
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