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
left-back. 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
Cardiff City
Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...
defender
Enoch Mort.
References
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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