Thomas Mort (1 December 1897 – 6 June 1967) was an English footballer who played club football primarily for

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

, as a

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. He also made three appearances for the England national team. Villa signed Mort from

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

for £1,000 in 1922 and along with

Tommy Smart Tommy Smart (20 September 1896 – 10 June 1968) was an English footballer who played as a full back for Aston Villa. He made five appearances for England at international level, and also played for the Football League XI. Smart was born in ...

, was part of a defensive tandem known for Villa as "Death and Glory." He played 13 seasons with the club with 337 appearances. He was a cousin of

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defender Enoch Mort.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mort, Thomas 1897 births 1967 deaths People from Kearsley Footballers from Greater Manchester Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Aston Villa F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players England men's international footballers Altrincham F.C. players Lancashire Fusiliers soldiers British Army personnel of World War I