Tom Sneddon (footballer, born 1912)

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|fullname = Thomas Sneddon

|birth_date = 22 August 1912

|birth_place = Livingston, Scotland

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1983|12|11|1912|08|22}}

|death_place = Chadwell Heath, England

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|position = Full back

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|clubs1 = Queen of the South

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|years2 = 1937–1947

|clubs2 = Rochdale

|caps2 = 67

|goals2 = 0

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|manageryears1 = 1947–1948

|managerclubs1 = Slovan Bratislava

|manageryears2 = 1948

|managerclubs2 = Netherlands

|manageryears3 = 1954–1956

|managerclubs3 = Hong Kong

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Tom Sneddon (22 August 1912 – 11 December 1983){{Hugman|18471|accessdate=10 February 2017}} was a Scottish football player and coach.

Career

Sneddon played as a full back for Queen of the South and Rochdale.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/rochdale/rochdale.html|title=ROCHDALE : 1946/47 - 2011/12|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database|accessdate=22 June 2013}}

He was manager of Czechoslovakian club Slovan Bratislava during the 1947–48 season,{{cite web|url=http://sport.sme.sk/c/5367788/futbalisti-doplatili-na-ms-v-roku-1954-na-chore-zmeny.html|title=Futbalisti doplatili na MS v roku 1954 na choré zmeny|publisher=SME.sk|accessdate=22 June 2013|date=10 May 2010|language=Slovak}} and he managed the Netherlands national team in 1948.{{cite web|url=http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/staflid/11/50a3c22e-e2690952-483810?quicktabs_16=3|title=Profile|publisher=Ons Oranje|accessdate=22 June 2013|language=Dutch|archive-date=8 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108010349/http://www.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/staflid/11/50a3c22e-e2690952-483810?quicktabs_16=3|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ned-coach-triv.html|title=Dutch National Team Coaches|website=RSSSF|accessdate=22 June 2013}} He was also in charge of Hong Kong between 1954 and 1956, taking them to 3rd place at the 1956 AFC Asian Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefinalball.com/treinador.php?id=6337&%3bsearch=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140819153047/http://www.footballzz.co.uk/treinador.php?id=6337&search=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2014|title=Profile|publisher=FootballZZ|accessdate=22 June 2013}}