Tom Ruddy

Thomas Ruddy (1 Maris 1902 - 11 Nuwamba 1979) ƙwararren ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Ingila wanda ya taka leda a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba don Darlington, Derby County, Chesterfield da Southampton a cikin 1920s da 1930s.

Aikin ƙwallon ƙafa
An haifi Ruddy a Stockton-on-Tees kuma ya buga wasan kwallon kafa na farko tare da Stockton Shamrocks. A cikin Oktoba 1924 ya shiga Darlington, sannan ya taka leda a gasar Kwallon Kafa ta Arewa ta uku, a matsayin mai horarwa. An haɓaka Darlington a ƙarshen kakar wasa a matsayin zakara kuma Ruddy ya zama ƙwararre a lokacin rani na 1925.

An bayyana shi a matsayin "mai sauri, tare da harbi mai wuya", Ruddy ya shafe shekaru uku yana taka leda a gasar kwallon kafa tare da Darlington ya buga wasanni 66, inda ya zira kwallaye 37.A ranar 7 ga Janairu 1928, shi da Harry Lees duk sun ci hat-tricks a nasara da ci 9–2 a kan Lincoln City; wannan ita ce nasarar rikodin Darlington a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa.

A cikin Mayu 1928, Ruddy ya koma Derby County na Division Farko inda a cikin shekaru 3+1⁄2 ya buga wasanni 22 kawai, ya zira kwallaye tara, ciki har da biyu a cikin shan kashi 6 – 1 na Manchester United akan 30 Maris 1929 Daga nan sai ya sauka zuwa Division na Biyu tare da Chesterfield a cikin Disamba 1931, kafin ya koma bakin tekun kudu don shiga wani kulob na Division na biyu, Southampton a cikin Satumba 1932.

Dick Neal ya ba da shawarar Ruddy ga Saints wanda ya taka leda tare da shi a takaice a Derby County. Kamar Neal, ƙungiyar Magoya bayan Waliya ta biya kuɗin sa.

Ruddy ya fara halarta a ranar 24 ga Disamba 1932, lokacin da ya maye gurbin Herbert Coates a ciki-hagu da Preston North End. Coates ya dawo wasa na gaba, kuma sai a watan Fabrairu Ruddy, yanzu a cikin-dama ya sami damar zama memba na gefe. A kakar wasa ta gaba, Ruddy ya buga wasanni shida na farko a ciki-hagu, kafin ya sha kashi a hannun Coates. An sake kiran Ruddy a gefe a karo na karshe a watan Nuwamba lokacin da ya yi wasanni uku kafin a jefa shi cikin goyon bayan Arthur Holt.

An sake Ruddy daga kwantiraginsa a cikin lokacin kusa na 1934 kuma ya koma arewa-maso-gabas, yana wasa a League North Eastern tare da Spennymoor United.Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 293. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
oyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 229. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
The Lincoln City FC Archive. www.redimps.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

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