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Player #148

From:

To:

Career Status:

1900-01

1900-01

Retired

Appearances:

2

Starts:

2

Goals:

0

Assists:

-

Involvements:

0

Tom Gilson

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Left Back

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SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

Tom Gilson

Seasons Quick-View

1901 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #148 |

Season :

1900-01

Age :

21

Division :

D1

Squad # :

#

Appearances :

2

Starts :

2

Substitute :

0

Unused :

0

Goals :

0

Assists :

-

Involvements :

0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-

Sendings Off :

-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Thomas Aubrey Gilson

Birth Date

1 June 1879

Birth Place

Lichfield, Staffordshire

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

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England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Whittington Royal FC
Burton Swifts

Original Transfer

Aged

21

From

Burton Swifts

For

Free

On

1900

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

22

Brentford

Free

1901

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Brentford
Retired

Died

1912, Aged 32

Tom Gilson

Villa Career

1901 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #148 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

17 April 1901

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

17 April 1901

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1900-01

17 April 1901

Newcastle United (a), Division One

21

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1900-01

22 April 1901

Derby County (a), Division One

21

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

22 April 1901

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

Tom Gilson

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Player #149 for Aston Villa, Thomas Aubrey Gilson, known as Tom Gilson and nicknamed Alf played as a full back for the club.

Tom played for Villa in the 1900-01 season making 2 appearances.

Tom was born in Lichfield in June 1879 and made his first appearance for the club as a 21 year old on 17th April 1901 with his final appearance just 5 days later.

Villa had signed Tom from Burton Swifts before he moved on to Brentford.

Tom had played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Tom passed away in Lichfield in 1912 aged just 32.

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