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
Paul E. Toms Presbyterian church. In 1952 Toms received his B.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary. Toms and his wife served as missionaries in Hawaii on the Kona coast from 1952 to 1962 and from 1962 to 1965 they directed Congregational missions in Australia. Toms came to Boston in 1965 to serve as an assistant pastor at Park Street and became senior pastor at Park Street Church in Boston in 1969 when Pastor Harold Ockenga stepped down. Starting in 1975, Toms served as chairman of the World Relief for fifteen years and also served as president of the National Association of Evangelicals. After stepping