Tommy McDermott (footballer, born 1878)

For the English player whose career started in 2022, see Tommy McDermott (footballer, born 2005).
Tommy McDermott
Personal information
Date of birth (1878-01-12)12 January 1878
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 30 June 1961(1961-06-30) (aged 83)
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Rutherglen Rosebank[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1898–1899 Cambuslang Hibernian
1899–1901 Dundee 46 (9)
1901–1903 Celtic 12 (2)
1903–1905 Everton 64 (15)
1905–1906 Chelsea 31 (11)
1906–1908 Dundee 37 (16)
1908 Hibernian 0 (0)
1908 Bradford City 8 (1)
1908–1909 Gainsborough Trinity
1909 Kilmarnock 3 (2)
1909 Forfar Athletic
1909–1910 Dundee Hibernian 0 (0)
1910 Anfield Royal
St Helens Recreation
Wirral Railway
1912–1913 Vale of Leven 1 (0)
Broxburn Shamrock
1913–1914 Clyde 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas McDermott (12 January 1878 – 30 June 1961) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

Career

Born in Bridgeton, Glasgow,[2] McDermott spent his early career with Cambuslang Hibernian, Dundee,[3][4][5][6] Celtic (winning the British League Cup and playing on the losing side in the 1902 Scottish Cup Final),[7] Everton of England's top division[8] (making 29 appearances in 1904–05 as the team missed out on the Football League title by a point) and second-tier, newly-formed Chelsea.[9]

After a second spell at Dundee (where they were Scottish Football League runners-up in 1906–07),[10][11] he joined Bradford City from Hibernian in February 1908.[12] He made 8 league appearances for the West Yorkshire club, scoring once.[13][1] He left the club in November 1908 to join Gainsborough Trinity;[12] early in the following year was he back in Scotland featuring for Kilmarnock,[14] followed by Forfar Athletic and the newly-formed Dundee Hibernian.[15][16]

He later returned to the north-west of England, playing with amateur teams Anfield Royal,[1] St Helens Recreation (better known as a rugby league team) and Wirral Railway's works team.[17] Back in Scotland, he then signed for Vale of Leven and Broxburn Shamrock[1] before coming home to the Glasgow area to play for Clyde in 1913.[1][18]

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "McDermott Tommy Image 1 Everton 1905". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Jim Craig – Celtic 3 Dinamo Kiev 0". The Celtic Star. 12 January 1878. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ^ "1899-1900". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
  4. ^ "1900-01". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
  5. ^ "1901-02". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
  6. ^ "Tommy McDermott | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Celtic player Thomas McDermott profile". FitbaStats. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Profile". Everton F.C. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Profile". Stamford-Bridge.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  10. ^ "1906-07". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
  11. ^ "1907-08". DundeeFC.net. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via SportNetwork.
  12. ^ a b Frost, p. 401
  13. ^ Frost, p. 385
  14. ^ "Kilmarnock player Thomas McDermott profile". FitbaStats. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Tom McDermott Player Profile". Arab Archive. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  16. ^ "History: 1909-1910 Beginnings". Glenrothes Arabs. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Tom McDermott joins Wirral club". Dundee Courier. 15 December 1911. Retrieved 29 January 2019 – via Blue Correspondent.
  18. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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