Tommy Inns
{{Short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tommy Inns
| image =
| fullname = Thomas Frederick William Inns{{cite web|title=Tommy Inns Millwall 1936–1938 very rare original hand signed cutting/card|url=https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOMMY-INNS-MILLWALL-1936-1938-VERY-RARE-ORIGINAL-HAND-SIGNED-CUTTING-CARD-/302236907356|publisher=eBay|accessdate=19 March 2021}}
| birth_date = 30 January 1911
| birth_place = Plaistow, England
| death_date = 1987 (aged 76)
| death_place =
| position = Full back
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = West Ham Schoolboys
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Clapton
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1933–1936
| clubs2 = West Ham United
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1936–1938
| clubs3 = Millwall
| caps3 = 88
| goals3 = 0
}}
Thomas Frederick William Inns (30 January 1911 – 1987) was a footballer who played as full back.
Career
Inns began his senior career with amateur side Clapton, before signing for Second Division club West Ham United. Inns made his debut for West Ham on 26 December 1933, in a 1–1 draw against Swansea Town. Inns would make three more appearances for West Ham, before dropping down to the reserves. In 1936, along with West Ham teammate Dave Mangnall, Inns signed for rivals Millwall.{{cite web|title=Charlie Paynter 1932 - 1950 ... Player Pen Pictures and Autographs|url=https://www.theyflysohigh.co.uk/charlie-paynter/4545965284|publisher=They Fly So High|accessdate=19 March 2021}}
On 31 August 1936, Inns made his debut for Millwall, in a 2–0 home win against Queens Park Rangers. Despite missing the opening day of the season two days prior, Inns would go on to play all 47 of Millwall's remaining games, as the club reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the third time in the club's history.{{cite web|title=Statistics 1936/37|url=http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/Millwall-Stats36-37.htm|publisher=The Millwall History Files|accessdate=19 March 2021}} Inns' last appearance for Millwall would come on 5 November 1938, in a 1–0 loss against Southampton.{{cite web|title=Statistics 1938/39|url=http://www.millwall-history.org.uk/Millwall-Stats38-39.htm|publisher=The Millwall History Files|accessdate=19 March 2021}}
References
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Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Newham
Category:People from Plaistow, Newham
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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