Tommy Reynolds


Thomas Reynolds was an English footballer who played for Sunderland and Darlington in the Football League as a winger.

Club career

He joined Sunderland from youth club Felling Juniors, and made his debut against Charlton Athletic on 11 September 1946 in a 5–0 defeat at The Valley. Raised in the North East, he raced his own greyhounds at the local dog track. He left Sunderland for King's Lynn, after spending from 1946 until 1953 at the club, scoring 18 goals with 167 league appearances.
He then made 43 league appearances for Darlington.
He also managed a number of pubs, notably the North Moor in Sunderland, now demolished, and The Bush in the Hendon area of the town.