| Location | Oxfordshire |
| Age | 30 years |
| Cause of Death | Heart Attack |
| Date of Birth | 10/1962 |
| Date of Death | 4/1993 |
| Visitors | 5,035 since 05/08/2007 |
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Tommy Caton was a professional footballer who played for Manchester City from 1979-1983, Arsenal from 1983-1987, Oxford from 1987-1988 and Charlton Athletic from 1988-1991.
He got a bad foot injury in a match in January 1991, and never played again. He was forced to retire from the game only a month before his sudden death, aged 30, from a heart attack on 30th April 1993.
He left a wife and three young children behind. RIP the best footballer I never saw.
Tommy Caton - remembered
Watching Arsenal v Fulham tonight and TC somehow came to mind as a Manchester City Fan; born in same year 1962. Tommy would have been 50 this year; thank you for the great memories watching you at Maine Road during Allison years with my dad and later in FA Cup Final v Spurs. Best wishes to The Caton family and condolences - Jeff Davis
An Old School Friend
I went to school with Tommy in Kirkby, we were in the same classes from Holy Angels Primary through St. Kevin's Comp. (Although the family moved to Australia for a couple of years). In the infants' school, I can remember clearly everyone saying even then, "That's Tommy Caton, he's going to be a footballer!" Although we were never especially close friends, Tommy was always a really nice lad, very intelligent and polite.
It was laughable when we did games as we were all typical skinny Liverpool kids, but Tommy was in training with Manchester City and had an athlete's physique, six pack etc. He could score from the half way line with ease!
In the same class we had John Coleman, now manager of Accrington, a superb striker who also should have made the 'big time' as a player. He was also a down to earth lad and a good laugh.
I am now 48 (where did the years go!) and have a wife and 3 young kids so I feel genuine sympathy for the family of Tommy. He was a credit to his parents and his brother, Paul.
Regardless of his success as a footballer, he was a genuinely decent lad, and that's is good enough.
Best wishes to his family, especially his kids - your dad was a good fellah.
Chris Fleming
For some reason this morning I was thinking about Tommy & came accross this site, I watched him from the kippax at maine road & as I was the same age I always looked out for him after he left city for Arsenal,
I will never forget the day I heard the shocking news he had passed away,
R.I.P. Tommy gone but never forgotten.
Wonderful Talent Gone too Soon
I am a Spurs fan and have just watched a replay of the 1981 cup final. I knew Tommy had passed so after watching 2 amazing performances by him in the aforementioned final I thought I would google him.
I was dumbfounded firstly to see that he was only 18 when he played in that Final which is incredible. Such a talented and majestic centre half with so much ahead of him.
Secondly I was again in a world of disbelief to see that he had passed at the age of 30, so young for someone with so much talent.
My deepest sympathy (all be it belated) to his wife and 3 children and of course all those city fans who watched him week in week out.
Tommy you experienced something most men would swap their left arm for, an FA cup final. Not only that you starred in arguably the best final ever. You may have died young but you achieved a lifetime of dreams. RIP mate
Dave.G
kippax hero
i first started going to maine road in 1979 as a young lad and have fond memories of tommy as a footballer and as a person i remember waiting for the players to arrive at the ground and tommy would always smile and have time for a quick chat god def took our hero to young but they say he takes the best early for a reason god bless tommy your more than likely having a kick about with mark foe and comparing eras up there but untill we meet again youll have a special place in all city fans hearts x
RIP Tommy
I'm a Charlton fan who was fortunate enough to see Tommy play towards the end of his career. The early '90's were a tough time to watch Charlton (although now isn't better!) but I remember Tommy being signed and making an immediate impact, Lennie Lawrence always did better running things on a shoestring and he picked up a player of real quality in Tommy, very imposing, great in the air and a real leader in the centre of defence. Terribly sad when he died, I was about 16 and now that I'm 33 with 3 kids myself it really hits home how young he was. God bless his family.
A joy to see him play at Maine Road
I saw Tommy play for three years at Maine Road 1980-83. He was clearly a very talented young man, tall, skillful and not easy to beat. He was a major talent in a team that could show signs of brilliance but lost matches to lesser teams. This was rarely Tommy's fault. If he had played in a more consistent team he would have won major honours. He was obviously born to be a footballer, but in hindsight I do wonder if he should have been more sparingly used in his younger years, to allow his body to physically develop before going on such a long run of matches. The irony is that had that happened I would have rarely seen a player who, at his best, was of international class.
I was heart broken when I heard he'd died.
I am glad to have found this memorial site.
stewart
heya stewart
i would be happy enough to talk to you baout things it would be really nice to see what it is for get back to me via this websire
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