Tommy Lowry
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-08-26)26 August 1945
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death 22 August 2015(2015-08-22) (aged 69)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 Liverpool 1 (0)
1966–1977 Crewe Alexandra 436 (2)
Total 437 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Lowry (26 August 1945 – 22 August 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender, at right back, for Liverpool and Crewe Alexandra.[1]

He joined Liverpool in 1961, and signed professional forms in 1963, before making his only first team appearance in a 3–1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final game of the season on 26 April 1965.[2] He left Liverpool after his contract expired in 1966, and joined Crewe.[2] He made his debut in a 1-0 win over Southend United at Gresty Road on 22 October 1966.[3] Lowry scored twice for Crewe, both against Brentford at Gresty Road, on 23 September 1970 and on 15 March 1975.[3]

He made a record 481 league and cup appearances for Crewe Alexandra,[4] beating a record set by former team-mate Peter Leigh, and making his final appearance away at Scunthorpe United on 23 August 1977.[3] After retiring from football, he worked at Rolls-Royce in Crewe for over 25 years.[4][5]

Honours

with Crewe Alexandra

References

  1. ↑ "Stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Thomas Lowry, LFChistory.net. Accessed: 27 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-81-1.
  4. 1 2 Ryan, Belinda (25 August 2015). "Tributes paid to Crewe Alex record appearance holder Tommy Lowry". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Tommy Lowry - A Tribute, CreweAlex.net. Accessed: 27 August 2015.
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