- Tommy Harmer
Infobox Football biography
playername = "Tommy Harmer"
fullname = Tommy Harmer
dateofbirth =February 2 1928
cityofbirth = Hackney
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2007|12|25|1928|2|2
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Striker
currentclub =
youthyears = 1948-1951
youthclubs = Tottenham Hotspur
years = 1951-1960
1960-1962
1962-1963
clubs = Tottenham Hotspur
Watford
Chelsea
caps(goals) = 222 (51)
0062 (6)
008 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1963-1967
managerclubs = Chelsea "(youth team coach)"Tommy Harmer (
February 2 1928 –December 25 2007 ) was an English footballer who played at inside-forward.Nicknamed "Harmer the Charmer", he signed as an amateur in August 1948 and made his debut against Bolton in September, 1951. He made 222 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur and scoring 51 goals before moving to Watford in October 1960.
Harmer signed for Chelsea in 1962 at the age of 34 and made his debut at home to Middlesbrough in October of that year. In total, he played nine games for Chelsea helping to win promotion to the top flight under manager
Tommy Docherty . He scored just one goal, in a vital 1-0 away win against Sunderland in the penultimate game of the 1962-63 promotion season.Harmer also played an important role in developing young players during the Docherty era, remaining as youth team coach until June 1967.
After his death, a minute's applause was held in his memory before Tottenham Hotspur's Boxing Day win over Fulham at
White Hart Lane . [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Tottenham 5-1 Fulham |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7157358.stm |work= |publisher="BBC Sport " |date=2007-12-26 |accessdate=2007-12-26 ]References
*cite book |last=Jones |first=Trefor |title=The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who |publisher=T.G Jones |location=Surrey |year=1996|id=ISBN 0-9527458-0-1
External links
* [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1199659,00.html Tommy Harmer] , chelseafc.com
* [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/obituarytommyharmer261207.html OBITUARY - TOMMY HARMER] , tottenhamhotspur.comPersondata
NAME = Tommy Harmer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =2 February 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH =Hackney ,London
DATE OF DEATH =25 December 2007
PLACE OF DEATH =
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