Background
Thomas Wainwright was born in 1876 in the Johnstons Buildings on Beam Street in Nantwich. His father was James Wainwright (1851–1926) who married his mother Mary Ann Simmons (1852–1937) on 3 March 1872 in Nantwich.
Thomas Wainwright was born in 1876 in the Johnstons Buildings on Beam Street in Nantwich. His father was James Wainwright (1851–1926) who married his mother Mary Ann Simmons (1852–1937) on 3 March 1872 in Nantwich.
Around 1891 he moved from Beam Street to 24 Mill Street, Nantwich, and according to the 1891 census his occupation was a boot clicker. In 1901 the census reports him as a general labourer just before he went on to play football. He enjoyed a spell in the first team, and ended the 1900-1901 campaign with 14 Second Division appearances to his name.
However he then fell out of the first team picture, and was released at the end of the 1901-1902 season.
He then moved on to Crewe Alexandra, Wellington and N ottinghamshire County. They then moved back to Nantwich, living at 22 Mill Street, Nantwich, where he became an engineering labourer, moving on to be a furnace-man at the local railway works.
They had five children between 1907 and 1922: Eric, Doris, Leonard, James and Olive. Thomas Wainwright died in Nantwich on 13 May 1949 from prostate cancer.