Thomas Oakes (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Frank Oakes | ||
Date of birth | 1874 | ||
Place of birth | Cheltenham, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1896 | Hereford Thistle | ||
1896–1900 | Small Heath | 35 | (8) |
1900–19?? | Gloucester City | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Thomas Frank Oakes (1874 – after 1900) was an English professional footballer who made 35 appearances in the Football League playing for Small Heath.[1] He played as a forward.
Oakes was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He played football for Hereford Thistle before joining Small Heath of the Football League Second Division in 1896,[2] making his debut in a 3–1 victory at Blackpool on 23 January 1897. He played regularly for the remainder of the 1896–97 season and the next, but appeared only rarely for the first team over the next two seasons,[3] and left for non-league football with Gloucester City.[2]
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- 1874 births
- Sportspeople from Cheltenham
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Hereford Thistle F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Gloucester City A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football forward, 1870s birth stubs