Thomas Peace Yews was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 footballer, playing as a winger.

Yews was born in Wingate, County Durham

Wingate, County Durham

Wingate is a village in County Durham, EnglandWingate is a former pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and more recent housing developments, it was originally enhabited by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was discovered. It is located in the East of County Durham, three...

 and joined West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

 from Hartlepool United

Hartlepool United F.C.

Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

 for a fee of £150 in 1923.

Yews played in the high-scoring West Ham team that included Vic Watson

Vic Watson

Victor Martin Watson was an English footballer who played most of his club football for West Ham United....

, and Jimmy Ruffell

Jimmy Ruffell

Jimmy Ruffell was an English footballer who played for West Ham United.Ruffell was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, but moved south at an early age...

 on the opposite wing. He made a total of 361 appearances for the Upton Park

Boleyn Ground

The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...

 club, scoring 51 goals.

He left West Ham in 1933 and played three games for Clapton Orient before hanging up his boots.