Tom Wilson

Thomas Frederick Wilson (3 July 1930 – 29 March 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Fulham and Brentford. He later returned to Fulham as a director. As a player, he was described as a "right back of the industrial type".

Playing career

Southampton As a full back, Wilson began his career at hometown club Southampton as an amateur in 1947. He had an uneven start to his Bees career, making 26 appearances during the 1957–58 season, but he did not play at all between September 1957 and February 1958.

Director Wilson returned to Fulham in the late 1980s as a director, linking up with friend and former teammate Jimmy Hill. He negotiated the purchase of Craven Cottage from the Bank of England, which saved the club from being merged with Queens Park Rangers and Craven Cottage sold for development. During his long spells out injured while at Fulham, Wilson trained as a quantity surveyor and entered the property world upon his retirement from football.

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