List of Third Lanark A.C. players explained

Third Lanark Athletic Club was a football club based in Glasgow, Scotland founded in 1872. Initially known as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, they were founder members of the Scottish Football League in 1890, having won the Scottish Cup a year earlier. League champions in 1904, they won the Scottish Cup again in 1905 and spent 58 seasons out of a total of 70 in the top tier, before rapidly declining amidst financial mismanagement and going out of business in 1967.

The following list consists of Third Lanark players who meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Played in 100 Scottish Football League matches for the club^{[1] [2]}
• Member of squad that won the Scottish League title in 1903–04
• Member of team that won the Scottish Cup (1889 and 1905)
• Member of team that played on the losing side in a major cup final (1876, 1878, 1906, 1936, 1959)
• Member of team that won the Glasgow Cup (1902, 1903, 1908, 1963) or Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup (1890, 1898, 1901, 1952, 1954, 1956)
• Played for the Scotland national football team while registered with the club^[3]
• Played for the Scottish Football League XI while registered with the club^[4]

The only player who achieved all of the above was Hughie Wilson, a member of the successful 1900s group – three of his teammates also claimed winner's medals from each of the four trophies available at the time. By contrast, prominent players of later eras like Tommy McInally, Felix Staroscik and Alex Harley did not meet any of the criteria. Goalkeeper Jimmy Brownlie is the club record holder for appearances, Scotland caps and SFL caps, all by some margin. The record goalscorer is Neil Dewar.

For a list of all Third Lanark players with a Wikipedia article, see .

List of players

Position Key

GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Full-back / Centre half
MF	Midfielder / Wing half
W	Outside forward /Winger
FW	Inside forward / Centre forward

Name
	GK	1906–1923	481	2				Y		16	14
	DF	1909–1924	392	31							2
	GK	1951–1963	287	0			Y	Y	Y
	MF	1930–1944	251	9			Y				2
	DF	1897–1910	239	1	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	DF	1931–1946	238	14			Y			3	5
	DF	1915–1924	234	4
	DF	1900–1914	233	11	Y	Y		Y		1
	DF	1946–1955	220	0					Y
	FW	1936–1952	207	34						7	7
	MF	1906–1913	206	27				Y			1
	MF	1898–1904 1905–1911	192	21	Y		Y	Y	Y	1	1
	FW	1919–1925	189	7
	FW	1919–1927	188	68						1
	FW	1929–1933 1937–1940	187	163						3	2
	DF	1906–1912	185	7				Y
	DF	1956–1964	181	6			Y	Y
	DF	1901–1910	179	3	Y	Y		Y		1
	MF	1946–1954	175	1					Y
	DF	1928–1936	174	0
	MF	1929–1935	171	16
	MF	1914–1922	171	3
	FW	1957–1963	166	94			Y
	W	1901–1907 1908–1910	166	59	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		1
	DF	1947–1954	165	2					Y
	W	1929–1935	158	54
	DF	1922–1928	150	16
	W	1956–1963	149	30			Y	Y
	MF	1949–1955	148	75					Y
	W	1909–1916	146	32							1
	MF	1912–1919	146	5
	DF	1955–1960	144	2			Y		Y
	GK	1899–1906	143	0	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	1
	FW	1928–1933	138	40
	MF	1901–1907	136	37	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	2	1
	W	1949–1955 1963–1964	136	18					Y
	DF	1931–1937	134	4			Y
	W	1930–1934	129	46
	FW	1955–1959	124	61			Y		Y
	FW	1925–1929	124	43
	MF	1909–1913	123	5
	MF	1959–1963	122	11			Y	Y
	FW	1918–1921	121	50
	DF	1959–1965	121	2				Y
	FW	1958–1962	117	37			Y				1
	MF	1958–1963	117	30				Y
	MF	1899–1900 1902–1908	116	16	Y	Y	Y	Y			1
	MF	1957–1964	114	7			Y	Y
	MF	1928–1934	112	13
	DF	1959–1964	112	0
	DF	1927–1934	110	11							1
	DF	1951–1956	106	2					Y
	FW	1934–1939	105	45			Y
	MF	1894–1904	105	4					Y	3
	FW	1947–1953	104	34					Y
	DF	1928–1933	104	12
	GK	1935–1939	104	0			Y
	DF	1962–1967	104	0
	MF	1935–1938	103	7			Y
	GK	1929–1932	103	0
	FW	1934–1937	102	86			Y
	MF	1952–1957	97	6					Y
	FW	1908–1915	96	21				Y
	MF	1891–1897	91	7						1
	W	1934–1937	90	19			Y
	W	1935–1938	81	28			Y
	DF	1898–1903	80	1				Y	Y
	FW	1907–1910	79	54				Y
	DF	1904–1911	76	0			Y	Y		1
	FW	1904–1910	74	15		Y
	DF	1941–1950	74	1							1
	DF	1952–1956	72	7					Y
	DF	1897–1902	72	3					Y
	W	1942–1949 1956	70	42					Y		2
	FW	1951–1957	69	36					Y
	DF	1958–1961	68	3					Y
	FW	1934–1936	65	17			Y
	FW	1902–1904 1905–1906	61	20	Y		Y	Y
	DF	1961–1964	59	0				Y
	FW	1895–1899	58	22					Y
	FW	1907–1911 1913–1914	58	14					Y
	W	1904–1907	57	21		Y	Y
	DF	1893–1898	57	4							1
	DF	1903–1906	54	15	Y	Y	Y
	FW	1903–1905	50	29	Y	Y		Y
	DF	1894–1899	50	1					Y	1
	W	1952–1956	49	4					Y
	GK	1888–1893	48	0		Y			Y	1
	DF	1935–1937	47	1			Y
	DF	1888–1894	45	2		Y			Y	1	1
	FW	1884–1894	44	14		Y			Y	3
	W	1902–1904	42	14	Y			Y			1
	FW	1962–1964	41	8				Y
	DF	1958–1962	41	0			Y
	FW	1903–1906	40	12	Y			Y
	MF	1951–1956	40	1					Y
	FW	1897–1900	36	10					Y
	GK	1896–1900	34	0					Y
	W	1897–1902	32	10						1	1
	W	1900–1902	32	7					Y
	MF	1897–1898 1900–1903	31	0					Y
	MF	1897–1899	28	5					Y
	FW	1955–1957	27	16					Y
	W	1901–1903 1909–1910	26	6					Y
	W	1897–1899	25	12					Y
	MF	1888–1893	25	2					Y
	W	1894–1896	24	10						1
	MF	1962–1963	24	1				Y
	FW	1953–1955	23	18					Y
	W	1888–1889 1897–1899	23	3		Y			Y	1
	FW	1950–1951 1953–1954	19	1					Y
	W	1950–1952	18	7					Y
	FW	1889–1892	18	5					Y
	FW	1889–1892	18	2					Y
	DF	1955–1957	18	0				Y
	FW	1962–1963	17	4				Y
	FW	1901–1902	16	10							1
	FW	1885–1892	16	9					Y
	W	1893–1895	16	8						1
	FW	1893–1894	15	6							1
	MF	1888–1892	14	2		Y			Y
	GK	1896–1897	14	0							1
	FW	1894–1895	13	7							1
	MF	1888–1891 1892–1893	13	0		Y			Y	1
	W	1899–1901	11	3							1
	DF	1887–1890 1893–1894	11	0		Y			Y	2
	FW	1902–1903	10	2				Y
	W	1959–1960	5	3			Y
	FW	1955–1957	2	1					Y
	FW	1888–1889 1893	1	0		Y				1
	DF	1884 1885–1890	0	0		Y				3
	W	1883–1890	0	0		Y			Y	4
	FW	1888–1889	0	0		Y
	DF	1875–1880	0	0			Y			4
	W	1875–1878	0	0			Y			1
	GK	1875–1879	0	0			Y
	FW	1877–1878	0	0			Y
	FW	1877–1878	0	0			Y
	DF	1877–1884	0	0			Y			3
	FW	1877–1879	0	0			Y			1
	FW	1905	0	0			Y
	DF	1877–1879	0	0			Y			2
	W	1875–1877	0	0			Y
	FW	1875–1876	0	0			Y
	DF	1874–1882	0	0			Y
	MF	1875–1876	0	0			Y
	FW	1875–1876	0	0			Y
	MF	1876–1877	0	0			Y
	FW	1875–1876	0	0			Y
	W	1877–1878	0	0			Y
	FW	1875–1876	0	0			Y
	MF	1877–1879	0	0			Y
	FW	1877–1878	0	0			Y
	W	1878–1883	0	0						1
	MF	1884–1887	0	0						1
	FW	1898–1902	0	0					Y
	MF	1956	0	0					Y
	FW	1956	0	0					Y

Notes

Notes and References

1. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
2. Web site: Third Lanark: 1946/47 - 1966/67. Neil Brown. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. 9 January 2021.
3. https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/clubs/thirdlanark.html Scotland Players By Club Third Lanark
4. https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/clubs/thirdlanark.html Scottish Football League Internationals Players By Club Third Lanark