Thomas Griffiths was an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played in the Southern League for Exeter City as a

left half A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He also played in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for

Clapton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profess ...

Personal life

Griffiths served as a gunner in the

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...

during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Honours

Blackburn Rovers Reserves * Lancashire Combination Second Division: 1907–08

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Tom English men's footballers English Football League players Year of death missing Leyton Orient F.C. players British Army personnel of World War I Men's association football wing halves 1888 births Footballers from Liverpool Clitheroe F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Southern Football League players Llanelli Town A.F.C. players Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers Military personnel from Liverpool