Tom Clare 1889 First England football cap, blue, potentially from the 2nd March 1889, England v Ireland (6-1) at Anfield Road, Anfield, Liverpool, aged 24. Cap with silver wire English rose design, made by Foster & Co. Oxford.
Thomas Clare (12 March 1865 – 27 December 1929) was an English international footballer, who played at right-back, and football manager. He began his playing career with Stoke in July 1884, having moved from Burslem Port Vale. He spent the next fourteen years with Stoke, playing 251 games in all competitions, helping them to the Football Alliance title in 1890–91. In 1897 he signed with Manchester City via Port Vale, before returning to Vale for a three-year spell in 1898, helping them to the Staffordshire Senior Cup on his arrival. He also won four England caps between 1889 and 1894. He was appointed as manager-secretary of Burslem Port Vale in 1905, a position he held for the next six years.
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