Tommy Yews
English footballer (1902-1966)
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.
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. He made a total of 361 appearances for the Upton Park club, scoring 51 goals.
He left West Ham in 1933 and played three League games for Clapton Orient before retiring.
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