Tom Hewitt (footballer)
{{Short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Tom Hewitt
|image = Tom Hewitt Wales International.jpg
|caption =Tom Hewitt in 1910
|fullname = Thomas John Hewitt
|birth_date = {{birth date|1889|04|26 |df=y}}
|birth_place = Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales
|death_date = {{death year and age|1980|1889}}
|death_place = South Glamorgan, Wales
|height = 5ft 9in
|position = half-back
|youthyears1 = -1907
|youthclubs1 = Sandycroft Artillery
|youthyears2 = 1907-1908
|youthclubs2 = Connah's Quay Victoria
|years1 = 1908–1909
|clubs1 = Connah's Quay & Shotton
|caps1 =
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|years2 = 1909–1910
|clubs2 = Saltney
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|years3 = 1910–1911
|clubs3 = Wrexham
|caps3 = 27
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 1911–1913
|clubs4 = Chelsea
|caps4 = 8
|goals4 = 0
|years5 = 1913–1914
|clubs5 = South Liverpool
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|years6 = 1914–????
|clubs6 = Swansea Town
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|nationalyears1 = 1911–1914
|nationalteam1 = Wales
|nationalcaps1 = 8
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|manageryears1 = 1922
|managerclubs1 = Aberaman Athletic Club
}}
Tom Hewitt (26 April 1889 – 1980) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1911 and 1914, playing 8 matches. He played his first match on 28 January 1911 against Ireland and his last match on 16 March 1914 against England.{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=218|title=Wales player database 1872 to 2013|publisher=eu-football.info|accessdate=30 April 2016}} At club level, he played for Wrexham and Chelsea. {{cite web | url=https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=3367 | title=Thomas Hewitt | Player Statistics | Wrexham (Wrexham AFC Archive) }}
Club career
Tom Hewitt first started playing football at the age of 11 for Hawarden County Schools. Upon leaving school he joined Sandycroft where he won his first honours, the Chester & District League. The following season he joined Connah's Quay Victoria where he won the Chester & District League again, and the Chester Charity Cup. He also won the Denbighshire & Flintshire Charity Cup with Connah's Quay & Shotton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19110227/008/0001 |title=Register |access-date=June 4, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Hewitt signed as a Professional with Saltney in 1908 and was part of the team who were runners up in The Combination in 1908–09 and 1909–10. At the start of the 1910–11 season he signed for Wrexham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19110227/008/0001 |title=Register |access-date=June 4, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
He moved to Chelsea in December 1911 who paid a fee of £800 for him.{{Cite web|url=http://bounder.friardale.co.uk/Appearances/He-Ho.htm|title = Players Appearances He-Ho}} He left Chelsea following a bad injury and signed for Swansea Town in 1914 following a spell at South Liverpool.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4091990/4091994|title=Advertising|1914-05-16|South Wales Weekly Post – Welsh Newspapers}}
He was forced to give up football due to an injury sustained in his work as an engineer. He later became manager of Aberaman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19220407/235/0011 |title=Register |access-date=June 4, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Personal life
Upon leaving school Hewitt was an apprentice engineer in Sandycroft. He was a teetotaller and a non-smoker.
His brother was former Cardiff City goalkeeper Charles Hewitt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19370310/137/0004 |title=Register |access-date=June 4, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
See also
References
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Wales men's international footballers
Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players
Category:People from Connah's Quay
Category:Footballers from Flintshire
Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position
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