Tommy Lawrence made 390 appearances for Liverpool and only missed four matches in six seasons.
Nicknamed 'The Flying Pig' he kept a clean sheet in the FA cup final against Leeds and became one of The Shankly Greats.
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"Tommy was a guy who was so humble and he didn't think of himself as better than anybody else. He never thought about himself, only the team and he was just a really happy-go-lucky lad. I just hope people realise just what a great servant he was to Liverpool for many years and what a great guy he was." :Ray Clemence
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"Shankly said: 'Right Tommy, you're not playing on the six yard line. When the ball's on the halfway line, you've got to be on the 18-yard line. If the ball shoots through, you've got to be out to kick it - a sort of stopper!'
At first I was frightened to death. We did it at Melwood a few times, then we tried at Anfield.
Well, I'm standing there and the Kop is giving me some stick. 'Get back on your line!', they're all yelling. No goalkeeper did that in those days. I thought 'Oh my God'. But it worked.": Tommy Lawrence recalling the good old days in the Matchday magazine
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