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Anyone remember this Hebburn Pro Footballer?
Posted by Norman Dunn on 19/5/2025, 10:55 am
Hebburn man Derek Dodd's had an uncle who was a professional footballer for Aston Villa. He thinks this photo may have been taken just before War broke out & when Tommy went to Villa. Derek said some of the regulars might remember Tommy Dodds as this area was a hotbed of football years ago. In those far off days his Dodds family lived 'down Hebburn Colliery' area. After a spell at Aston Villa Tommy was transferred to Swansea in exchange for Trevor Ford who went on to star for Sunderland. He played for a few other Welsh clubs and came home for a while to play for North Shields. (I believe he also played for Leslie's during the War.) He eventually retired to South Shields where he died about 15 years ago. I wonder if Tommy was there when another Hebburn lad called John Dixon played for Villa? John started there in 1944 and became a Villa legend.
