Thomas Henry Brolly (1 June 1912 – June 1986) was a Northern Irish international footballer who played as a half-back. He spent the majority of his career at Millwall, making a total of 263 appearances and scoring 11 goals in all competitions. He spent two spells with Millwall, fighting in World War II in between.[1] Brolly won the Football League Third Division South championship with Millwall in 1938, and reached the FA Cup semi-final in the same season. .[2] He was capped four times for Northern Ireland, playing in two games against Wales in 1937 and 1938 and against England and Wales in 1939.[3] Later in his career he was a trainer at Crystal Palace, Chelmsford City, and at Ipswich Town with Bobby Robson. Brolly was nicknamed "The Professor" while coaching at the Robert Browning Institute in Walworth.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Henry Brolly | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | June 1986 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Sutton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931–1933 | Crusaders | ? | (?) |
| 1932–1933 | Glenavon | ? | (?) |
| 1933–1935 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | (0) |
| 1935–1940 | Millwall | 133 | (7) |
| 1945–1950 | Millwall | 98 | (1) |
| Total | 233 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| 1937–1939 | Northern Ireland | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
References
edit- ^ Lindsay & Tarrant (2010), p. 518.
- ^ a b Lindsay & Tarrant (2010), p. 140.
- ^ "NIFG: Tom Brolly". NIFG. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Lindsay, Richard; Tarrant, Eddie (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.
External links
edit- Northern Ireland's football greats - Tom Brolly
- Millwall FC - In the beginning
- Tom Brolly at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tom Brolly at WorldFootball.net