| Tom Cranston | |
| Fullname: | Thomas Cranston |
| Birth Date: | 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Ardrossan, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 13 |
| Death Place: | Iraq |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Years1: | –1912 |
| Clubs1: | Ardrossan Celtic |
| Years2: | 1912–1914 |
| Clubs2: | Raith Rovers |
| Caps2: | 56 |
| Goals2: | 8 |
| Years3: | 1914 |
| Clubs3: | → Third Lanark (loan) |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1914–1915 |
| Clubs4: | Clyde |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
Thomas Cranston (1891 – 13 January 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers, Third Lanark and Clyde as an outside right.[1] [2]
After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Cranston enlisted as a private in The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). He was killed in action in Iraq on 13 January 1916, during the Mesopotamian campaign. He was buried in Amara War Cemetery.
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