Tom Vallance Explained

Tom Vallance
Fullname:Thomas Vallance
Birth Date:27 May 1856
Birth Place:Renton, Scotland
Death Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Position:Right-back
Years1:1874–1882
Years2:1884
Clubs2:Rangers
Nationalyears1:1877–1881
Nationalteam1:Scotland
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:0

Thomas Vallance (27 May 1856 – 16 February 1935) was a Scottish footballer. He made 38 Scottish Cup appearances for the Rangers club.

Football

Before football, Vallance was a rower. He was noted as being abnormally tall for the times but was only around six feet two inches. He played at right-back for the Rangers from 1874 to 1882. He left Scotland on 22 February 1882 to take a position in Calcutta. He embarked on a career in the tea plantations of Assam but returned after a year suffering from blackwater fever.[1]

Vallance was also capped at international level, making seven appearances for Scotland between 1877 and 1881.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.heraldscotland.com/rangers-the-forgotten-history-1.916995 "Rangers: The forgotten history"