- Sammy Todd
Football player infobox
playername= Sammy Todd
fullname = Samuel John Todd
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date|1945|09|22|df=yes
cityofbirth =Belfast
countryofbirth =Northern Ireland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
currentclub =
clubcrest =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
years = 1961-1962
1963-1970
1970-1974
1973-1974
clubs = Glentoran
BurnleySheffield Wednesday Mansfield Town (loan)
caps(goals) = 5 (0)
116 (1)
22 (2)
6 (0)
nationalyears = 1966-1971
nationalteam = flagicon|Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (0)Sammy Todd (b.
1945 ,Belfast ,Northern Ireland ) was a former football player for Burnley andGlentoran .Club career
Todd joined Burnley from Glentoran as a 17 year old defender/midfield man in 1962 becoming the third ex-Glens player to transfer to
Turf Moor in the sixties, followingJimmy McIlroy andAlex Elder .He made his league debut for Burnley against
Tottenham Hotspur at Turf Moor in the 1963/64 season, Burnley recording a 7-2 victory over Spurs. [ [http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED35&id=343105 Clarets Mad] ]He made a total of 118 appearances for Burnley scoring one league and one League Cup goal.
At the end of the 1969-1970 season, Todd was sold to Sheffield Wednesday for £40,000. He would, however, only make 22 appearances in four seasons in Sheffield and was loaned out to Mansfield in February 1974.
In the twilight of his career, Todd enjoyed brief stints with both Great Harwood of the
Northern Premier League andDallas Tornado of the original NASL.International career
Todd represented both Northern Ireland schools and the Under-23 team in the sixties before making his senior debut in 1966. [ [http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/09/sam-todd.html NIFG] ]
His first appearance came as a substitute in a friendly game with Mexico at
Windsor Park . [ [http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/09/sam-todd.html Ibid] ]He was capped a total of 11 times for Northern Ireland. [ [http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=ED36&id=302752 Clarets Mad] ]
Footnotes
References
* [http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED35&id=343105 Clarets Mad]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/6698/tales/glentoran.html The Glentoran-Burnley connection]
* [http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2007/09/sam-todd.html Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
