Billy Toms Billy Toms William Toms (born 19 May 1895, date of death unknown) was an Irish footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Curragh. Toms became a professional after the Great War, in which he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he broke into Manchester United's first team playing 14 games for them in his first season, but was allowed to leave and joined Plymouth Argyle for £500 in September 1920. He went on to play for Oldham Athletic, Coventry City, Stockport County, Wrexham and Crewe Alexandra in the Football League. Coventry were the
Toms The Best was the 1998 English Greyhound Derby but before the event started in May he reached the finals of the Blue Riband and Scottish Greyhound Derby. Then he headed for the Derby at Wimbledon Stadium and became the first greyhound in history to win both the Irish and English Derby. He was retired after winning 21 of his 40 races and earned over £115,000 in prize money and was voted 1998 Greyhound of the Year. He was a successful sire at stud, siring many top open racers until he died in 2008, aged 13 at the Savva kennels. Toms The Best