- Tommy Lawton
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Later life
A second attempt at the player/manager role at non-league Kettering Town was more successful but Lawton could hardly resist the opportunity to manage Notts County when it arose. County's dream appointment ended in disappointment and relegation to the Second Division at the end of the season and Lawton decided to retire.
A short-lived appointment as a scout was followed by a period of some financial difficulty, hardly mitigated by fees for a column in the "
Nottingham Evening Post ". Everton arranged a testimonial match for him in 1972.Lawton's health deteriorated in his old age and he died in November 1996, aged 77, as a result of pneumonia. His ashes are lodged at
The National Football Museum . In 2003 Lawton was inducted into theEnglish Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his talents. The Hall of Fame is also housed at theNational Football Museum .Bibliography
*Lawton, T (1950) "Tommy Lawton's all star football book" ISBN B0000CHTOA
*Lawton, T (1954) "Soccer the Lawton way" ISBN B0000CIYT5
*Lawton, T (1973) "When the Cheering Stopped" ISBN 0-901482-17-X
*McVay, D &, Smith, A (2000) "The Complete Centre Forward: The Authorised Biography of Tommy Lawton" ISBN 1-899807-09-8
*Sumner, Chas (1997) "On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City F.C. 1885-1997" ISBN 1-874427-52-6External links
* [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/Hall of Fame/tommylawton.htm English Football Hall of Fame Profile]
* [http://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/News/december 9.htm Tommy Lawton's ashes placed at National Football Museum]
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