Tom Sinclair | |
Fullname: | Thomas Smith Sinclair |
Birth Date: | 1880 |
Birth Place: | Dunkeld, Scotland |
Death Place: | Bonhill, Scotland |
Years1: | 1900–1902 |
Years2: | 1902–1904 |
Clubs2: | Morton |
Years3: | 1904–1907 |
Clubs3: | Rangers |
Caps3: | 46 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1906 |
Clubs4: | → Celtic (loan) |
Caps4: | 6 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1907–1913 |
Caps5: | 8 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1912 |
Years7: | 1913–1916 |
Clubs7: | Dunfermline Athletic |
Caps7: | 6 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 1916–1917 |
Clubs8: | Stevenston United |
Years9: | 1917 |
Clubs9: | → Kilmarnock (loan) |
Caps9: | 3 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Thomas Smith Sinclair (1880 – 1968) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper at the start of the 20th century.
Sinclair began his career with Rutherglen Glencairn, winning the Scottish Junior Cup and Glasgow Junior League in 1902 alongside future Scotland internationals Jimmy McMenemy and Alec Bennett.[1] [2] He then joined Morton.
He joined Rangers in 1904 and played there for nearly three seasons. He spent much of his time at Ibrox as a reserve, but eventually made 73 first-team appearances.[3] He played in the 1905 Scottish Cup Final and in the Scottish Football League championship play-off match of the same year, but finished on the losing side in both.
He also spent several weeks on loan at Celtic in 1906. At the start of the 1906–07 season, the Celtic goalkeeper Davey Adams cut his hand during a benefit match at Ibrox[4]