Roy Vernon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Royston Vernon | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Ffynnongroew, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 4 December 1993 (aged 56) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1960 | Blackburn Rovers | 131 | (49) |
| 1960–1965 | Everton | 176 | (101) |
| 1965–1970 | Stoke City | 84 | (22) |
| 1967 | → Cleveland Stokers (guest) | 11 | (2) |
| 1970 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1970 | Cape Town City | ||
| 1970–1972 | Great Harwood | ||
| 1972 | Hellenic | ||
| Total | 406 | (174) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1957–1968 | Wales | 32 | (8) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 25 November 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
Thomas Royston Vernon (14 April 1937 – 4 December 1993) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward for Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Stoke City. Vernon won 32 caps for Wales, scoring eight goals in total, and representing his country in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.