Ex-football “star” now mine host at Stoke Mandeville

Friday, January 30 – 1953
Each Saturday hundreds of thousands of football “fans” get the maximum pleasure from the most popular of British games.

Let us introduce you to a Stoke Mandeville man who for 18 seasons was in the top flight of professional “soccer”; who played for England on three occasions and also appeared in a number of international trials; who has in his possession the most-difficult-to-win “soccer” medal of all – a Division 1 League championship medal and who has won every honour big time football has to offer with the exception of a Cup winner’s medal.

The name is Tom Lucas, who is now “mine host” of the “Woolpack”, Stoke Mandeville. He played for Liverpool for 18 seasons.

Tom, who was still playing big football in the late 1930’s look back on his playing days with considerable modesty, but, none the less, with a great deal of…