Tom Glancy Explained

Tom Glancy
Fullname:	Thomas Glancy
Birth Date:	10 October 1894
Birth Place:	Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Death Place:	Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Position:	Wing half, inside forward
Clubs1:	Cowdenbeath St Leonard's
Years2:	–1914
Clubs2:	Inverkeithing United
Years3:	1914–1924
Clubs3:	Falkirk
Caps3:	204
Goals3:	36
Years4:	1924–1925
Clubs4:	St Johnstone
Caps4:	30
Goals4:	6
Years5:	1925–1934
Clubs5:	Cowdenbeath
Caps5:	261
Goals5:	14

Thomas Glancy (10 October 1894 – 11 February 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath, Falkirk and St Johnstone.^[1] In 1923 he was a member of a squad organised by Third Lanark that toured South America.^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

Glancy was the cousin of footballer Lawrence Glancy and the father of junior footballer Watty Glancy.^[4]

Career statistics

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Season	League			National Cup		Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Falkirk	1914–15^[5]	Scottish Division One	38	5	—		38	5
	1918–19		10	1	—		10	1
	1919–20		33	3	1	0	34	3
	1920–21		30	10	4	1	34	11
	1921–22		38	8	2	2	40	10
	1922–23		29	7	3	1	32	8
	1923–24		26	2	3	2	29	4
	Total		204	36	13	6	217	42
St Johnstone	1924–25	Scottish Division One	30	6	1	0	31	6
Cowdenbeath	1925–26	Scottish Division One	26	3	1	0	27	3
	1926–27		26	3	2	0	28	3
	1927–28		28	1	2	0	30	1
	1928–29		20	2	3	0	23	2
	1929–30		30	1	2	0	32	1
	1930–31		35	2	1	0	36	2
	1931–32		33	0	2	0	35	0
	1932–33		34	2	2	0	36	2
	1933–34		29	0	2	0	31	0
	Total		261	14	17	0	278	14
Career total			495	56	31	6	526	62

Honours

Falkirk

• Falkirk Infirmary Shield: 1914–15, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22^[6]
• Stirlingshire Redding Pit Disaster Benefit Cup: 1923–24

Individual

• Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glancy Thomas Falkirk 1920 . 28 June 2018 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB.
2. Web site: Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923 . 19 August 2020 . RSSSF.
3. Book: Potter, David . Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy . 15 August 2009 . Black & White Publishing . 978-1-84502-578-6 . en.
4. Web site: Glancy, Lawrence . 28 June 2018 . The Celtic Wiki.
5. Book: Litster, John . Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players . PM Publications . Norwich.
6. Web site: Meffen . John . Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39 . 17 April 2021 . 40.
7. Web site: Tom Glancy . 28 June 2018 . Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online.