Thomas Edward "Tommy" Williams (born 18 December 1957) is a former Scottish professional footballer born in Winchburgh, West Lothian, who played as a defender. He made more than 300 appearances in the Football League playing for Leicester City, Birmingham City and Grimsby Town. During a twelve-year career with Leicester City, he helped the club to win the championship of the Football League Second Division in the 1979–80 season.
He is now a police officer and has been on duty at the Walkers Stadium for Leicester home games.
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“Tommy: Life is short.
Alice Hyatt: So are you.”
—Robert Getchell, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Tommy (Alfred Lutter)
“Since Norf is up,
An’ Souf is down,
An’ Hebben is up,
I’m upward boun’.”
—Lucy Ariel Williams Holloway (b. 1905)
“When the bond of love broke,
the respect born of affection withered,
good feelings fled,
and that man walked before me
like any other,
Good Friend,
I imagine all this,
think on days gone by
and wonder why
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into a hundred bits.”
—Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)