Thomas Wilson (15 September 1930 – 21 April 1992) 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 ...

who played for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

and

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is th ...

. Signed for Nottingham Forest from local club Cinderhill Colliery in 1951, originally played as a winger; switched to centre forward in 1956 and scored 14 goals in the 1956–57 season in which Forest were promoted to the First Division. Had his most prolific season in 1958-59 when he scored 21 League and 6 FA Cup goals, including the second goal in the

1959 FA Cup final The 1959 FA Cup Final was contested by Nottingham Forest and Luton Town at Wembley. Forest won 2–1, with goals from Roy Dwight and Tommy Wilson just four minutes apart. Dave Pacey scored Luton's consolation goal. Forest were playing in th ...

. Transferred to Walsall in 1960-61 and whilst with them they gained promotion from the old Third to the Second Division. Tommy left League football in 1962. He joined Cambridge City in the Southern League and whilst with them they won the League Championship. On leaving Cambridge City he joined Chelmsford City as team captain, during which time they were runners-up in the Southern League Championship. In the summer of 1965 Tommy joined the newly formed semi professional team Brentwood Town FC as Team Manager. Brentwood Town had just been admitted to the Metropolitan League. Tommy Wilson married a young woman called Molly Dracott and she then became known as Molly Wilson. They had met whilst he trained at Brentwood town F.C; she had helped out with the trainees who lived in a house, which overlooked the stadium. The two had become equated and been friendly with each other, later on in life they had become married and were together until his death.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Tommy 1930 births 1992 deaths English footballers English football managers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Cambridge City F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Brentwood Town F.C. managers English Football League players Association football forwards FA Cup Final players