Tom McCready (footballer, born 1943)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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| name = Tom McCready

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|10|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Johnstone, Scotland

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|7|19|1943|10|19|df=y}}

| position = Left back

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| years1 = 1962–1963 | clubs1 = Hibernian | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1963–1964 | clubs2 = Watford{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/watford/watford.html |title=WATFORD : 1946/47 - 2011/12 |work=www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com |date= |accessdate=1 October 2012}} | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1965–1974 | clubs3 = Wimbledon | caps3 = 355 | goals3 = 21

| years4 = 1974–1975 | clubs4 = Dulwich Hamlet | caps4 = ? | goals4 = ?

| years5 = 1975–1976 | clubs5 = Staines Town | caps5 = ? | goals5 = ?

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Thomas McCready (19 October 1943 – 19 July 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left back. He joined Wimbledon from Watford (for whom he made just one appearance).{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicaldons.com/player.php?od=4&id=551|title = Tommy McCready}} He played over 400 matches for the Dons, scoring 25 goals. McCready left at the end of the 1973/74 season and retired after short spells at Dulwich Hamlet and Staines Town.

McCready was one of many former Wimbledon players who supported the phoenix club AFC Wimbledon, and regularly attended matches. In July 2016 he died after an illness.{{Cite web|url=http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/tommy-mccready-3197014.aspx|title=Tommy McCready}}