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
Tommy & the Tom Toms Bill Smith Combo in 1960. Shortly after this fruitful musical period, Tommy Brown and the Tom Toms aka Bill Smith Combo decided to go their separate ways. Brown returned to his home state of Florida and the remainder of the Tom Toms, now without a singer and frontman, became the backing band for rockabilly entertainer Gene Summers, the new band being known as Gene Summers & The Tom Toms. This group continued with numerous line-up changes before finally splitting up in 1965. Dave Martin went on to join Sam Samudio's band, which became Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, while