Tommy Hands

Infobox Football biography
playername = Tommy Hands


fullname = Thomas Hands
dateofbirth = 4 January 1870
cityofbirth = Birmingham
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
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height = height|ft=5|in=5
position = Outside left
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1890–1896
1896–1900
clubs = Small Heath
Kings Heath
caps(goals) = 134 (40)

Thomas "Tommy" Hands (born 4 January 1870, deceased) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left. He played 134 games for Small Heath in the Football Alliance and the Football League.

Born in Small Heath, Birmingham, Hands played for several clubs in the local area before signing for Small Heath, then playing in the Football Alliance, in December 1890. He went on to make nearly 150 appearances for the club. The strength of Hands's game lay in his speed, but in Small Heath's first Football League season, in which they won the inaugural Second Division championship, he was part of a forward line who all reached double figures of goals scored. He also contributed to their runners-up spot and promotion to the First Division the following year and played for a further two years in the top flight. At the end of the 1895–96 season he walked out of the club over a dispute about money and never played league football again.

References

*cite book
author=Matthews, Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |pages=pp. 93, 140–43 |isbn=1-85983-010-2

Persondata
NAME = Hands, Tommy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Hands, Thomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1870-01-04
PLACE OF BIRTH = Small Heath, Birmingha, England
DATE OF DEATH =
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