Tom Yule

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Tom Yule

Yule in a Port Vale team photo.
Personal information
Full name Thomas Yule[1]
Date of birth (1888-02-04)4 February 1888[1]
Place of birth Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire, Scotland[1]
Playing position Left-winger
Youth career
Portobello
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1911 Lincoln City 63 (8)
1911–1913 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 (7)
1913–1915 Port Vale 53 (13)
Total 149 (28)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Thomas "Tom" Yule (born 4 February 1888; date of death unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played on the left-wing for Lincoln City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Port Vale in the 1910s.

Playing career

Yule played for Portobello before moving down to England to play for Lincoln City of the Second Division.[2] He moved on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1911. Wolves finished fifth in the Second Division in 1911–12 and then tenth in 1912–13. In his two seasons at Molineux, Yule made a total of 33 appearances, scoring seven goals.[3] He joined Port Vale in the summer of 1913.[1] The "left-wing flyer" made his debut in a 3–3 draw with Blackburn Rovers Reserves in a Central League match at The Old Recreation Ground on 1 September 1913.[1] He was a regular in the team and helped them reach the FA Cup first round in the 1913–14 season, which they lost 3–0 to Bolton Wanderers on 10 January 1914.[1] Yule racked up a total of 20 goals in 77 appearances before departing the club in January 1915.[1]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lincoln City1909–10Second Division37610386
1910–11Second Division26230292
Total 63840678
Wolverhampton Wanderers1911–12Second Division25600256
1912–13Second Division810081
Total 33700337
Port Vale1913–14Central League358934411
1914–15Central League18530215
Total 53131236516
Total 1492816316531

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 320. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Profile". redimps.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club Players. A - Z". wolves-stats.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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