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British association football player
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Male
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Birth:
12 October 1891(Gateshead, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, North East England)
Death:
29 October 1949(Amsterdam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands)
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Biography
Curtis Thomas "Tommy" Booth (12 October 1891 – 29 October 1949) was an English footballer and football manager. He played in the Football League for Newcastle United, Norwich City and Accrington Stanley, for Leeds City as a wartime guest, and for Wallsend Elm Villa. He served as a corporal in the Durham Light Infantry during the First World War and saw action on the Somme and at Ypres. He was wounded in action at Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918.
He coached Accrington Stanley and RC Paris. He also coached in Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands.