Tommy Browell

He started his career with Hull City, who were then in the Football League Second Division, who also had Browell's two brothers on their books. At Hull he gained the nickname "Boy" following a hat-trick against Stockport County as an 18-year-old in 1910. A newspaper report of the match carried the headline "£10 men and a boy beat Stockport", and the nickname then followed throughout his career. A year later, after making 48 appearances and scoring 32 goals, he was signed by Everton, of the First Division, for a fee of £1,650. Despite only playing half the season for the club, Browell finished as Everton's top goalscorer in the 1911–12 season. In two years at Everton he scored 36 goals in 60 appearances, including two FA Cup hat-tricks. In October 1913, Manchester City signed Browell for £1,780. He scored on his City debut against The Wednesday, though City lost the match 2–1. Two seasons into his time in Manchester, the outbreak of World War I suspended football for a four-year period. When matches resumed in 1919, Browell formed a prolific goalscoring partnership with Horace Barnes. In the 1920–21 season Manchester City finished runners-up in the league, and Browell set a career-best of 31 league goals. In the 1925–26 season, Manchester City enjoyed a run to the FA Cup final in which Browell was an influential figure, scoring seven times, including a hat-trick in the 11–4 defeat of Crystal Palace, and two goals in the first half-hour of the semi-final against Manchester…

Browell was born in Walbottle, Northumberland, in 1892.

After his death in 1955, at the age of 62, Browell received the honour of having a street named after him in Manchester. Tommy Browell Close is located to the west of Manchester City's old home, Maine Road, and is part of an estate built in the 1970s.

Manchester City

FA Cup runner-up: 1925–26 Blackpool

Football League Second Division: 1929–30