fullname youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
thomas john gore liverpool tranmere rovers 1980 -- 1983 1983 -- 1984 liverpool tranmere rovers bury port vale 287 35 119 36 41 3 16 2 liverpool , england 477 midfielder 26 november 1953 62 tommy gore
 tommy gore
tommy gore

thomas john `` tommy '' gore -lrb- born 26 november 1953 -rrb- is an english former footballer who played as a midfielder .
he played 257 league appearances in a six-year career in the football league .
he began his career at liverpool , playing in the 1972 fa youth cup final .
he later joined tranmere rovers , before signing with wigan athletic in january 1974 .
he helped the club to the northern premier league title in 1974 -- 75 , as well as second-place finishes in 1973 -- 74 and 1977 -- 78 , before wigan were granted football league status in 1978 .
voted the club 's player of the year in 1978 -- 79 , he moved on to bury in october 1980 .
during his time at wigan he also spent two summers in the united states with dallas tornado .
he switched to port vale in july 1983 , before a neck injury forced his retirement in october 1984 .
