fullname youthclubs years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals nationalteam position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
thomas mort farnworth council school -- 1922 1922 -- 1935 6 june 1967 wigan , england farnworth wartime -rrb- altrincham rochdale aston villa council school newton lads club lancashire fusiliers -lrb- kearsley , england 337 2 england defender 3 1922 -- 1935 17 december 1897 thomas mort
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thomas mort

thomas `` tommy '' mort -lrb- born 1 december 1897 in kearsley , lancashire , died 6 june 1967 in wigan , lancashire -rrb- was an english footballer , who played club football primarily for aston villa .
he also made three appearances for the english national team .
mort , along with tommy smart , was part of a defensive tandem known for villa as `` death and glory . ''
he played 13 seasons with the club with 337 appearances .
villa signed mort from rochdale for # 1,000 in 1922 .
