Tommy Yews

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

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| name = Tommy Yews

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| fullname = Thomas Peace Yews

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|2|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wingate, County Durham, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|8||1902|2|28|df=y}}

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| position = Winger

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| clubs1 = NER Durham

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| years2 = 1920–1923

| clubs2 = Hartlepool United

| caps2 = 48

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1923–1933

| clubs3 = West Ham United

| caps3 = 332

| goals3 = 46

| years4 = 1933

| clubs4 = Clapton Orient

| caps4 = 3

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Thomas Peace Yews (28 February 1902 – August 1966) was an English footballer, playing as a winger.

Yews was born in Wingate, County Durham and played for NER Durham before joining Hartlepool United in 1920.{{cite web| url=http://inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Person.aspx?oid=885| title=Tom Yews| website=inthemadcrowd.co.uk| access-date=15 November 2017}}

Yews joined West Ham United for a fee of £150 in 1923 and played in the high-scoring Hammers team that included Vic Watson, and Jimmy Ruffell on the opposite wing.{{cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |year=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports Media| isbn= 1-903135-50-8 |page=221}} He made a total of 361 appearances for the Upton Park club, scoring 51 goals.{{cite book|last1=Northcutt |first1=John |last2=Marsh |first2=Steve |title=West Ham United: The Complete Record| year=2015| publisher=deCoubertin Books| isbn=978-1-909245-27-3|pages=526–627}}

He left West Ham in 1933 and played three League games for Clapton Orient before retiring.

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