fullname youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
anthony thomas betts aston villa 1974 1979 1979 -- 1982 -- 1975 1975 1975 1975 1976 -- 1977 aston port vale boldmere st. michael 's portland timbers minnesota kicks villa buffalo stallions -lrb- indoor -rrb- → southport -lrb- loan -rrb- portland timbers 4 8 18 1 48 1 70 0 1 7 0 6 0 13 derby , england 151 + forward 31 october 1953 27 + tony betts
 tony betts
tony betts

anthony thomas `` tony '' betts -lrb- born 31 october 1953 -rrb- is an english former footballer who played as a forward .
he played in the football league , the north american soccer league , and the major indoor soccer league .
he began his career at aston villa , featuring in the 1972 fa youth cup final .
he was loaned out to southport in 1974 -- 75 , before he emigrated to america to play for the portland timbers .
he helped the timbers to the final of the soccer bowl in 1975 , before briefly returning to england with port vale and boldmere st. michael 's .
he returned to portland timbers for two more seasons , before joining the minnesota kicks in 1979 .
he then spent the last three years of his career with indoor football club buffalo stallions .
