| Tom Blair | |
| Fullname: | Thomas Blair |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Hutchesontown, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Monifieth, Scotland |
| Years1: | – |
| Clubs1: | Vale of Clyde[2] |
| Years2: | 1912–1920 |
| Clubs2: | Kilmarnock |
| Caps2: | 226 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1920–1922 |
| Clubs3: | Manchester City |
| Caps3: | 38 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1925–1926 |
| Clubs4: | Boston |
| Caps4: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1926–1927 |
| Caps5: | 34 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1927 |
| Caps6: | 11 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1928–1930 |
| Clubs7: | New Bedford Whalers |
| Caps7: | 60 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 1931 |
| Clubs8: | Pawtucket Rangers |
| Caps8: | 9 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 1931–1932 |
| Clubs9: | Ayr United |
| Years10: | 1932–1933 |
| Clubs10: | Linfield |
| Years11: | 1937 |
| Clubs11: | Dundee United |
| Caps11: | 1 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1917[3] |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish League (wartime) |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Thomas Blair (24 February 1892 – 28 August 1961) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[4]
Blair was prominent in the 1910s playing for Kilmarnock,[5] with the culmination of his nine-year spell there being a Scottish Cup win in 1920, lifting the trophy as team captain.[6] [7] He then moved to England with Manchester City,[8] spending two years there but only the regular in his position in the second campaign. He played on both sides in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial and conceded only once in each match,[9] [10] but this did not lead on to a full cap for Scotland.
By now in his 30s, Blair accepted an invitation to play in the American Soccer League, appearing for teams including Fall River F.C.[11] and New Bedford Whalers.[12] [13] After several years in the United States he returned to Scotland with Ayr United (no league appearances recorded) then spent time in Northern Ireland at Linfield before becoming a coach at Dundee United in 1937. That same year he made a final, emergency SFL appearance in a 7–1 defeat to St Bernard's, aged 45.[14]