Thomas Ferguson (goalkeeper) explained

Thomas Thomson Ferguson
Fullname:Thomas Thomson Ferguson
Height:5ft 10in[1]
Birth Date:30 January 1898[2]
Birth Place:Longriggend, Scotland
Death Date:[3]
Death Place:South Africa
Years1:
Years2:1919–1932
Clubs2:Falkirk
Caps2:451
Goals2:0
Years3:
Nationalyears1:1921–1927
Nationalteam1:Scottish League XI
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0

Thomas Ferguson (30 January 1898 – 13 June 1955) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire senior career, spanning 13 years, with Falkirk, and holds the club record for appearances (almost 500 in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup).[4] [5] He was selected for the Scottish Football League XI three times[6] and in 1923 he was a member of a squad organised by Third Lanark that toured South America.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. https://playupliverpool.com/1927/08/01/season-preview-192728-falkirk-f-c-the-athletic-news/ Season preview 1927-28: Falkirk F.C.
  2. https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1518&h=27960478&tid=&pid=&queryId=6488f1f74a423d196061bdf59f55867c&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DGT43&_phstart=successSource 'Highland Pride': La Plata, Argentina to Liverpool, England, 4 Aug 1923
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123144635/Thomas-Thomson-ferguson Thomas Thomson Ferguson
  4. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  5. http://www.falkirk-football-history.co.uk/2010/10/thomas-ferguson-falkirk-fc.html?m=1 Thomas Ferguson = Falkirk FC
  6. Web site: [SFL player] Thomas Ferguson]. London Hearts Supporters' Club. 6 July 2020.
  7. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/3rdlanark-satrip23.html Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=1xojAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22willie+frame%22+motherwell&pg=PT52 Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy