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Tommy Briggs

Full name Thomas Henry Briggs
Date of birth 27 November 1923(1923-11-27)
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
Date of death February 10, 1984 (aged 60)
Place of death Grimsby, England
Height 6' 0" (1.83 m)
Playing position Centre Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1946 Plymouth Argyle
1947-50 Grimsby Town 116 (78)
1950-51 Coventry City 11 (7)
1951-52 Birmingham City 50 (22)
1952-57 Blackburn Rovers 194 (140)
1957-58 Grimsby Town 19 (9)
Glentoran 0 (0)
National team
1950 England B 1 (1)
Teams managed
1959-60 Glentoran

Tommy Briggs (27 November 1923 — 10 February 1984) was a professional
footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Chesterfield and died in Grimsby.

Tommy still holds the unbeaten record of scoring 7 goals in succession for Blackburn against Bristol Rovers.

Tommy started his career at Grimsby in 1947, in 1950 he signed for Coventry but did not settle and signed for Birmingham but did not settle there either and signed for Blackburn. He played 194 games and scored 140 goals for Rovers he returned to Grimsby in 1958 before finishing his career at Glentoran as player/manager.

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