Tommy Harmer
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tommy Harmer
| image =
| fullname = Thomas Harmer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|2|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hackney, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|12|25|1928|2|2|df=y}}
| height =
| position = Inside forward
| youthyears1 = 1948–1951
| youthclubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur
| years1 = 1951–1960
| clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur
| caps1 = 222
| goals1 = 51
| years2 = 1960–1962
| clubs2 = Watford
| caps2 = 63
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 1962–1963
| clubs3 = Chelsea
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 1
| totalcaps = 293
| totalgoals = 58
| manageryears1 = 1963–1967
| managerclubs1 = Chelsea (youth team coach)
}}
Tommy Harmer (2 February 1928 – 25 December 2007) was an English footballer who played as a inside forward. He spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur before playing for Watford and Chelsea.
Career
Nicknamed "Harmer the Charmer", Harmer signed as an amateur in August 1948 and made his debut against Bolton in September 1951. He made 222 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur scoring 51 goals including some sublime unstoppable penalties, tucked into the side netting behind an upright, before moving to Watford in October 1960.
Harmer signed for Chelsea in 1962 at the age of 34 and made his debut at home to Middlesbrough in October of that year. In total, he played nine games for Chelsea helping to win promotion to the top flight under manager Tommy Docherty. He scored just one goal, in a vital 1–0 away win against Sunderland in the penultimate game of the 1962–63 promotion season.
Harmer also played an important role in developing young players during the Docherty era, remaining as youth team coach until June 1967.
After his death, a minute's applause was held in his memory before Tottenham Hotspur's Boxing Day win over Fulham at White Hart Lane.{{cite news |title=Tottenham 5-1 Fulham |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7157358.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=26 December 2007 |accessdate=26 December 2007 }}
References
- {{cite book |last=Jones |first=Trefor |title=The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who |publisher=T.G Jones |location=Surrey |year=1996|isbn=0-9527458-0-1}}
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External links
- [http://www.chelseafc.com/page/NewsHomePage/0,,10268~1199659,00.html Tommy Harmer], chelseafc.com
- [https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/obituary-tommy-harmer/ OBITUARY - TOMMY HARMER], tottenhamhotspur.com
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney
Category:People from Hackney, London
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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