Tommy Bisset
{{short description|English footballer (1932–2011)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tommy Bisset
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| fullname = Thomas Alexander Bisset
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|3|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Croydon, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|4|30|1932|3|21|df=y}}
| death_place = Dumfries, Scotland
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position = Right back, forward
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 19??–1952 | clubs1 = Redhill
| years2 = 1952–1961 | clubs2 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps2 = 115 | goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1961–196? | clubs3 = Guildford City
| years4 = | clubs4 = Yiewsley
| years5 = | clubs5 = Haywards Heath
| years6 = | clubs6 = Southwick
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Thomas Alexander Bisset (21 March 1932 – 30 April 2011) was an English professional footballer who made 115 Football League appearances playing as a forward or right back for Brighton & Hove Albion.{{Hugman|1643|accessdate=13 August 2018}}
Life and career
Bisset was born in Croydon, Surrey. After completing his National Service obligations{{snd}}while serving with the Royal Signals in Eritrea, he played football for the Eritrean League against the Sudan national team{{snd}}he joined Redhill of the Athenian League before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion in late 1952. He played little for his first two-and-a-half seasons, then {{snd}}converted from forward to right back{{snd}}missed only three matches in the 1955–56 campaign, before returning to the reserves for another two years. Having made little contribution to the team's promotion from the Third Division South, he made more than 50 appearances in Brighton's first two seasons in the Second Division, before returning to the reserves again before his release in 1961. He then moved into non-league football with Guildford City and Yiewsley of the Southern League and then Sussex County League clubs Haywards Heath Town (as player-coach) and Southwick.{{cite book |first1=Tim |last1=Carder |first2=Roger |last2=Harris |title=Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |publisher=Goldstone Books |location=Hove |date=1997 |page=29 |isbn=978-0-9521337-1-1}}
Bisset died in Dumfries, Scotland on 30 April 2011, at the age of 79.{{cite web |title=Thomas Alexander Bisset |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/286706:60631?tid=&pid=&queryId=4661c359e5143cd201e93d8197028d9f&_phsrc=Dqh5979&_phstart=successSource |publisher=Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989–2021 |access-date=25 May 2023}}
References
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Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Category:Guildford City F.C. players
Category:Hillingdon Borough F.C. players
Category:Haywards Heath Town F.C. players
Category:Southwick F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Southern Football League players
Category:20th-century British Army personnel
Category:Royal Corps of Signals soldiers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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