Tom Halliday

{{short description|English footballer (1909–1975)}}

{{Short description|English footballer (1909–1975)}}

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|name = Tom Halliday

|name = Tom Halliday

|years6 = 1939 |clubs6 = [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] |caps6 = 14 |goals6 = 0

|years6 = 1939 |clubs6 = [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] |caps6 = 14 |goals6 = 0

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'''Thomas Halliday''' (11 September 1909 – 1975) was an English [[association football|footballer]] who made 313 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] and [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] in the 1920s and 1930s. He played [[non-league football]] in the north-east of England before joining [[Football League First Division|First Division]] club [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], but never played first-team football for that club. His primary position was that of [[centre half]], although he also played at [[right back]] or [[right half]].{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=112 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

'''Thomas Halliday''' (11 September 1909 – 1975) was an English [[association football|footballer]] who made 313 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] and [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]] in the 1920s and 1930s. He played [[non-league football]] in the north-east of England before joining [[Football League First Division|First Division]] club [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], but never played first-team football for that club. His primary position was that of [[centre half]], although he also played at [[right back]] or [[right half]].{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=112 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

He moved into the [[Football League Third Division South|Southern Section of the Third Division]] with [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], where he became a regular in the side. He made 40 appearances as Norwich won the divisional title and with it [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] for the first time in the club's history.{{cite book |url=https://www.haynes.co.uk/football/PDFs/H5170spread2.pdf |author=Dale, Iain |title=When Football Was Football: Norwich City |publisher=J.H. Haynes |pages=30–31 |isbn=978-0857331700 |date=5 April 2012}} Based on Norwich's recruitment of [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]]'s [[Harold Houghton]], the ''[[Manchester Guardian]]'' suggested that the club "realise[d] the worth of a footballer of experience and anticipation in such a struggle", and went on to list "other players of this stamp", including "Halliday, a rare centre-half".{{cite news |title=Games and players. Many good players |newspaper=Manchester Guardian |date=13 March 1934 |page=4}} In his review of the season, the ''[[The Observer|Observer]]'''s J.A.H. Catton, praised Norwich's forwards, and thought that "of all the capital players behind the front line, Thomas Halliday, a centre half-back formerly of Darlington, must be highly commended."{{cite news |title=Good-bye to football. Review of the season |first=J.A.H. |last=Catton |newspaper=The Observer |location=London |date=6 May 1934 |page=33}}

He moved into the [[Football League Third Division South|Southern Section of the Third Division]] with [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]], where he became a regular in the side. He made 40 appearances as Norwich won the divisional title and with it [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] for the first time in the club's history.{{cite book |url=https://www.haynes.co.uk/football/PDFs/H5170spread2.pdf |author=Dale, Iain |title=When Football Was Football: Norwich City |publisher=J.H. Haynes |pages=30–31 |isbn=978-0857331700 |date=5 April 2012}} Based on Norwich's recruitment of [[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]]'s [[Harold Houghton]], the ''[[Manchester Guardian]]'' suggested that the club "realise[d] the worth of a footballer of experience and anticipation in such a struggle", and went on to list "other players of this stamp", including "Halliday, a rare centre-half".{{cite news |title=Games and players. Many good players |newspaper=Manchester Guardian |date=13 March 1934 |page=4}} In his review of the season, the ''[[The Observer|Observer]]'''s J.A.H. Catton, praised Norwich's forwards, and thought that "of all the capital players behind the front line, Thomas Halliday, a centre half-back formerly of Darlington, must be highly commended."{{cite news |title=Good-bye to football. Review of the season |first=J.A.H. |last=Catton |newspaper=The Observer |location=London |date=6 May 1934 |page=33}}

Halliday took over the captaincy from [[Stan Ramsay]] during the next season.{{cite web |url=http://canaryseventyninety.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/stars-of-past-stan-ramsay.html |title=Stars of the Past – Stan Ramsay |website=Sing Up The River End |publisher=Andrew Harrison |date=October 2011 |accessdate=3 April 2014}} He remained with Norwich for six and a half years, making the last of his 203 appearances for the club on 27 December 1938 in a 4–0 defeat away to [[Newcastle United]],{{cite web |url=http://canaryseventyninety.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/first-last-tom-halliday.html |title=First & Last – Tom Halliday |website=Sing Up The River End |publisher=Andrew Harrison |date=April 2013 |accessdate=3 April 2014}}
{{cite web |url=http://canaryseventyninety.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/norwich-city-appearances.html |title=Norwich City Appearances: H |website=Sing Up The River End |publisher=Andrew Harrison |date=May 2012 |accessdate=3 April 2014}} and finished the season with Exeter City in the Third Division South.

Halliday took over the captaincy from [[Stan Ramsay]] during the next season.{{cite web |url=http://canaryseventyninety.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/stars-of-past-stan-ramsay.html |title=Stars of the Past – Stan Ramsay |website=Sing Up The River End |publisher=Andrew Harrison |date=October 2011 |accessdate=3 April 2014}} He remained with Norwich for six and a half years, making the last of his 203 appearances for the club on 27 December 1938 in a 4–0 defeat away to [[Newcastle United]],{{cite web |url=http://canaryseventyninety.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/first-last-tom-halliday.html |title=First & Last – Tom Halliday |website=Sing Up The River End |publisher=Andrew Harrison |date=April 2013 |accessdate=3 April 2014}} />{{cite web |url=http://canaryseventyninety.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/norwich-city-appearances.html |title=Norwich City Appearances: H |website=Sing Up The River End |publisher=Andrew Harrison |date=May 2012 |accessdate=3 April 2014}} and finished the season with Exeter City in the Third Division South.

In recognition of his contribution to Norwich City, Halliday was elected to the [[List of Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame members|club's Hall of Fame]].{{cite web |url=http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/hucks_and_green_enter_hall_of_fame_1_634866 |title=Hucks and Green enter Hall of Fame |newspaper=The Pink 'Un |location=Norwich |date=8 February 2006 |accessdate=3 April 2014}} He died in 1975, aged 65 or 66.

In recognition of his contribution to Norwich City, Halliday was elected to the [[List of Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame members|club's Hall of Fame]].{{cite web |url=http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/hucks_and_green_enter_hall_of_fame_1_634866 |title=Hucks and Green enter Hall of Fame |newspaper=The Pink 'Un |location=Norwich |date=8 February 2006 |accessdate=3 April 2014}} He died in 1975, aged 65 or 66.

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