Thomas Joseph Tommy Traynor (22 July 1933 20 September 2006) was an Irish footballer who played his entire English professional career for Southampton between 1952 and 1966.During his 14 years at The Dell he became virtually an institution and by the end of his career he held the record for appearances for Southampton. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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