Tommy Lawrence

Tommy Lawrence

Lawrence with Liverpool in 1966
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Johnstone Lawrence[1]
Date of birth	(1940-05-14)14 May 1940
Place of birth	Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Date of death	10 January 2018(2018-01-10) (aged 77)
Place of death	Warrington, Cheshire, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Warrington Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1971	Liverpool	306	(0)
1971–1974	Tranmere Rovers	80	(0)
1974-1975	Chorley		(0)
Total		455	(0)
National team
1962	Scotland U23[2]	1	(0)
1963–1969	Scotland	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Johnstone Lawrence (14 May 1940 – 10 January 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper.

He played for English clubs Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers from the 1950s through to the 1970s.^[3] He also played in three times for Scotland during the 1960s. He was a twice league champion and an FA Cup winner with Liverpool.

Lawrence was born in Dailly, Ayrshire. He had a son, Stephen. In 2015, Lawrence made news headlines when a BBC journalist asked if he remembered a game between Liverpool and Everton. He replied "I do, I played in it. I was the goalkeeper for Liverpool."^[4]

Lawrence died on 10 January 2018 in Warrington, Cheshire. He was 77.^[4]

Honours

Liverpool

• Football League First Division: 1963–64, 1965–66
• FA Cup: 1965
• FA Charity Shield: 1964, 1965 (shared), 1966

References

1. "Tommy Lawrence". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
2. Scottish Football History
3. "HALL OF HEROES: Liverpool legend Tommy Lawrence". warringtonguardian.co.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
4. "Tommy Lawrence: former Liverpool and Tranmere goalkeeper dies". BBC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

Other websites

• Tommy Lawrence at LiverpoolFC.com