Tony Field (born 6 July 1946) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker. Active in both England and the United States between 1963 and 1981, Field made nearly 500 career League appearances, scoring over 150 goals.
Career
Born in
Halifax, Field played youth football with hometown club
Halifax Town, before turning professional in 1963. Field also played in
the Football League
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with
Barrow,
Southport
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,
Blackburn Rovers
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and
Sheffield United.
Field later played in the
North American Soccer League
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1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...
for the
New York Cosmos New York Cosmos may refer to
* New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada)
* New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Indepen ...
(being on the 1977 NASL Soccer Bowl Champions team) and Team MVP, the
Memphis Rogues
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, and the
New England Tea Men
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.
References
1946 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Barrow A.F.C. players
Southport F.C. players
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Memphis Rogues players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players
New England Tea Men players
New York Cosmos (1970–1985) players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
English Football League players
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
English expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Halifax, West Yorkshire
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