Thomas William Hassell (5 April 1919 – April 1984) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Aldershot and Brighton & Hove Albion.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas William Hassell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1919[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Eastleigh, England | ||
| Date of death | April 1984 (aged 64–65)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Hove, England | ||
| Position(s) | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–1946 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1946–1950 | Aldershot | 114 | (16) |
| 1950–1951 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | (4) |
| 1951–1954 | Folkestone Town | ||
| 1954–1958 | Lewes | ||
| 1958–19?? | Bexhill Town | ||
| Newhaven | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Life and career
editHassell was born in Eastleigh, Hampshire, in 1919.[1] He joined Southampton as a youngster, and played for them in the wartime competitions, as well as making guest appearances for a variety of other clubs, but moved on to Aldershot before the Football League resumed in 1946.[2] In a four-year spell, Hassell made 114 appearances in the Football League Third Division South for Aldershot. He spent the 1950–51 season as a part-time professional with another Third Division club, Brighton & Hove Albion, for which he had played during the war, and then spent another three years with Folkestone Town.[2] In 1954, he resumed amateur status and acted as player-coach of Sussex County League club Lewes for four seasons, and then played for Bexhill Town[3] and Newhaven.[2]
He returned to Albion as assistant trainer from 1964 to 1967. Outside football, Hassell worked in the Brighton railway workshops as a fitter.[2] He died in Hove, Sussex, in 1984.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Tommy Hassell". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
- ^ "Lewes choose an ex-pro to be their player-coach". Sussex Express. 23 July 1954. p. 7.
"Will player-coaches be key to success in coming season". Sussex Express. 22 August 1958. p. 12.
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