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Thomas "Tommy" Younger (10 April 1930 – 13 January 1984) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Falkirk, Hibernian, Leeds United, Liverpool, Stoke City and the Scotland national team. ==Club career== Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Younger signed for his hometown club Hibernian in 1948. He was part of the successful side of the early 50s, winning two titles in 1950–51 and 1951–52. Liverpool manager Phil Taylor signed Younger in June 1956 for £9000. He made his debut at Anfield on 18 August 1956 in a league match against Huddersfield Town. Huddersfield spoilt Younger's day by taking both points from a 3–2 win. He kept his first clean-sheet two games later at Gigg Lane as the Reds beat Bury 2–0. Younger immediately took over the No.1 jersey at Anfield and played in 43 of Liverpool's 45 matches in his first season. Younger spent three years at Liverpool, only missing six matches during this time making a total of 127 appearances. In 1959, he was allowed to leave to take on a player/manager role at Falkirk. A back injury led to him ending his playing career, but after finding out that the injury was not as bad as first diagnosed, he signed for Stoke City in 1960.〔 Younger played ten league games for Stoke towards the end of the 1959–60 season.〔 He endured an awful short time at the Victoria Ground in his ten matches Stoke lost nine of them with Younger conceding 22 goals, he was released at the end of the season.〔 He played three matches for Welsh league side Rhyl before Leeds United manager Don Revie, who was bringing experienced players to cope with declining fortunes at the club, signed Younger in 1961. He made 42 appearances for Leeds in 13 months before retiring for a second (and final) time in October 1962. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tommy Younger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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