Talk:Tommy Boyle (footballer, born 1886)

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Births Mariages Deaths: yes, a Thomas Wilkinson Boyle - but birth registered Jan-March 1889, and in Haslingden, Lancashire. IGI (no source): Thomas Wilkinson Boyle born 3 Feb 1889 Saint John The Evangelist, Accrington.

Meanwhile Thomas William Boyle's birth certificate says 29 January 1886, son of Patrick, a coal miner, and Ellen Boyle, both described, in the unlovely way of the day, as illiterate.

Tommy Byle's birth certificate not only tells us that he was born in Hoyland, Barnsley, but is even more specific: Platts Common, Hoyland, Barnsley. A 1907-08 football handbook confirms his first club was Hoyland Star. His death certificate has Thomas William on it, not Thomas Wilkinson. He was certified insane (again, a word we wouldn't use now) by the time he died. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.45.193.152 (talk) 21:07, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I have raised a citation need against the phrase "he worked as a landlord" as I could not find anything in linked sources that mentions or clarifies that occupation. The L word could be interpreted more than one way - does it mean he was a publican, ie licensed victualler, or was he a short-lived property landlord? If he had been described as "landlord of the X public house or hotel", it might be more understable but the phrase as it appears is rather ambiguous.Cloptonson (talk) 07:05, 18 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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