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Tom Brolly

Tom Brolly

Northern Irish footballer


Thomas Henry Brolly (1 June 1912 – June 1986) was a Northern Irish international footballer who played as a half-back. He spent the majority of his career at Millwall, making a total of 263 appearances and scoring 11 goals in all competitions. He spent two spells with Millwall, fighting in World War II in between.[1] Brolly won the Football League Third Division South championship with Millwall in 1938, and reached the FA Cup semi-final in the same season. .[2] He was capped four times for Northern Ireland, playing in two games against Wales in 1937 and 1938 and against England and Wales in 1939.[3] Later in his career he was a trainer at Crystal Palace, Chelmsford City, and at Ipswich Town with Bobby Robson. Brolly was nicknamed "The Professor" while coaching at the Robert Browning Institute in Walworth.[2]

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References

  1. "NIFG: Tom Brolly". NIFG. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

Bibliography

  • Lindsay, Richard; Tarrant, Eddie (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.

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