Tommy Browell

Thomas Browell (19 October 1892 – 5 October 1955) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Hull City, Everton, Manchester City and Blackpool. He is the eighth-highest Manchester City goalscorer of all time with 139 goals for the club.

Early life Browell was born in Walbottle, Northumberland, in 1892.

Career He started his career with Hull City, who were then in the Football League Second Division, who also had Browell's two brothers on their books. At Hull he gained the nickname "Boy" following a hat-trick against Stockport County as an 18-year-old in 1910. A newspaper report of the match carried the headline "£10 men and a boy beat Stockport", and the nickname then followed throughout his career. A year later, after making 48 appearances and scoring 32 goals, he was signed by Everton, of the First Division, for a fee of £1,650. Despite only playing half the season for the club, Browell finished as Everton's top goalscorer in the 1911–12 season. In two years at Everton he scored 36 goals in 60 appearances, including two FA Cup hat-tricks.

In October 1913, Manchester City signed Browell for £1,780. He scored on his City debut against The Wednesday, though City lost the match 2–1. Two seasons into his time in Manchester, the outbreak of World War I suspended football for a four-year period. When matches resumed in 1919, Browell formed a prolific goalscoring partnership with Horace Barnes. In the 1920–21 season Manchester City finished runners-up in the league, and Browell set a career-best of 31 league goals. However, victory eluded the team in the final, which was won 1–0 by Bolton. To compound the misfortune, City were also relegated to the Second Division on the final day of the season, losing to Newcastle United despite a Browell goal. Relegation resulted in changes of personnel, and the following season Browell was transferred for £1,100 to Blackpool, where he played for four years. In total, he made 247 appearances for Manchester City, scoring 139 goals.

At Blackpool, under the guidance of Major Frank Buckley, Browell scored 14 goals in his first season to become the club's second-highest scorer. Those goals included a hat-trick in a 5–0 home win over Notts County on 7 May 1927, in the final game of the season.

Honours Manchester City FA Cup runner-up: 1925–26

Blackpool Football League Second Division: 1929–30