Tommy McCairns

Tommy McCairns
Personal information
Full name Thomas McCairns[1]
Date of birth (1873-12-22)22 December 1873[1]
Place of birth Dinsdale, Darlington,[1] England
Date of death 1932 (aged 58–59)[1]
Place of death Willesden,[1] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Middlesbrough Ironopolis
– Whitby
1893–1898 Grimsby Town 137 (86)
1898–1899 Bristol Rovers
1899 Notts County 4 (0)
1899–1901 Lincoln City 35 (14)
1901–1902 Barnsley 23 (9)
1902–1903 Wellingborough
1903 Queens Park Rangers 1 (0)
1903–1904 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 (5)
1904–1905 Southern United
– Kettering
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas McCairns (22 December 1873 – 1932) was an English footballer who scored 109 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Grimsby Town, Notts County, Lincoln City and Barnsley.[3] He also played for Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Whitby,[3] in the Birmingham & District League and the Western League for Bristol Rovers,[4][5] in the Southern League for Wellingborough,[6] Queens Park Rangers,[7] and Brighton & Hove Albion,[1] in the South-Eastern League for Southern United,[8] and for Kettering.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. ^ "Football. The coming season. Prospects of the principal clubs. Notts County". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. 26 August 1899. p. 10.
  3. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  4. ^ "Birmingham League. Eastville Rovers v. Dudley". The Bristol Mercury. 3 October 1898. p. 3.
  5. ^ "The Western League. Bedminster v. Eastville Rovers". The Bristol Mercury. 27 December 1898. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Southern League. Div.I". Daily Express. London. 13 October 1902. p. 8.
  7. ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1903/04" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRnet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  8. ^ "South Eastern League. Southern United v. Maidstone United". The South Eastern Gazette. Maidstone. 28 February 1905. p. 7.


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