| Tommy Callaghan | |
| Fullname: | Thomas Callaghan |
| Birth Date: | 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Death Date: | 20 |
| Death Place: | Hill 60, Belgium |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Clubs1: | Small Heath |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1904–1905 |
| Clubs2: | Halesowen |
| Years3: | 1905–1907 |
| Clubs3: | Glossop |
| Caps3: | 73 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Years4: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs4: | Manchester City |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1908–1913 |
| Clubs5: | Partick Thistle |
| Caps5: | 80 |
| Goals5: | 9 |
| Years6: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs6: | → St Mirren (loan) |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
Thomas Callaghan (1886 – 20 February 1917) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Glossop and Manchester City.[1] [2] He also played in the Scottish League for Partick Thistle and St Mirren.[3]
In March 1916, in the middle of the First World War, Callaghan enlisted in the British Army.[4] He served as a private in the Somerset Light Infantry and the London Regiment. Whilst maintaining an artillery gun, Callaghan was killed while serving with the 1st/20th Battalion, London Regiment, part of the 47th (1/2nd London) Division, by German shellfire during a trench raid at Hill 60, Belgium on 20 February 1917.[5] He was buried in Chester Farm Cemetery, near Ypres.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Glossop | 1904–05 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1905–06 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | |||
| 1906–07 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 5 | |||
| Total | 73 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 9 | |||
| Manchester City | 1907–08 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Partick Thistle | 1909–10[6] | Scottish First Division | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 1910–11 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | |||
| 1912–13 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |||
| Total | 80 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 86 | 10 | |||
| St Mirren (loan) | 1911–12 | Scottish First Division | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
| Career total | 173 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 184 | 22 | |||