:Tommy Stark

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| name= Tommy Stark

| fullname = Thomas Walter Stark

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| birth_date = January 8, 1895

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|02|14|1895|01|08}}[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84524332/sta Thomas Walter Stark], FindAGrave

| death_place = Colorado Springs, United States

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| position = Left Back

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| years1 = 1914–1915

| clubs1 = Kearny Scots

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| years2 = 1918–1919

| clubs2 = Paterson F.C.

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| years3 = 1919–1921

| clubs3 = Erie A.A.

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| years4 = 1921–1924

| clubs4 = New York Field Club

| caps4 = 57

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1924

| clubs5 = New York Giants

| caps5 = 2

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1924–1925

| clubs6 = Newark Skeeters

| caps6 = 8

| goals6 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1925

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Thomas Walter Stark (January 8, 1895 – February 14, 1964) was a soccer player who played as a right half. He spent several seasons in both the National Association Football League and the first American Soccer League. Born in Scotland, Stark earned one cap for the United States national team in 1925.

Professional career

Stark, brother of Hall of Fame member Archie Stark, was part of the Kearny Scots team which won the 1915 American Cup. He also played with Paterson F.C. of the National Association Football League (NAFBL) during the 1918–1919 season.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091028130646/http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl041519.html March 15, 1919 The Globe] That year Paterson lost the 1919 National Challenge Cup final to Bethlehem Steel He was then with Erie A.A. during the 1920-1921 NAFBL season.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A04E1DC143CE533A25754C2A9649D946195D6CF New York Times] In 1921, the American Soccer League replaced the NAFBL and Stark moved to New York Field Club.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D04E0D81739EF3ABC4953DFB3668389639EDE New York Times] In 1924, he moved to the New York Giants, but played only two games before transferring to the Newark Skeeters. He left the Skeeters and the league after only eight games.{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | type = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-8108-3429-4 | id = () }}

National team

Stark earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 1–0 loss to Canada on June 27, 1925.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html U.S. International Results at RSSSF]