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Thomas James Montgomery Priestley (11 March 1911 – 28 July 1985) was a Northern Irish
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.


Personal life

Born in
Belfast Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...
, Priestley wore a rugby-style skull cap to cover his premature baldness.


Career


Club career

Priestley began his senior career with
Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, No ...
in 1928, after moving there from Cookstown. Priestley moved to Linfield in 1932, before signing with English side Chelsea just a year later. Priestley only spent one season with Chelsea - making 23 appearances in
The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...
- before returning to Ireland with Shelbourne.


International career

Priestley earned two caps for
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
between 1932 and 1933.


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1911 births 1985 deaths Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers Coleraine F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Shelbourne F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football forwards Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland NIFL Premiership players {{Ireland-footy-bio-stub