Tommy Neilson | |
Fullname: | Thomas Murphy Neilson |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1935 |
Birth Place: | Gorebridge, Scotland |
Death Date: | 10 February 2018 (aged 82) |
Death Place: | South Africa |
Position: | Wing half |
Years2: | 1953–1957 |
Years3: | 1957–1959 |
Years4: | 1959–1968 |
Years5: | 1967 |
Years6: | 1968–1969 |
Clubs1: | Arniston Rangers |
Clubs2: | Heart of Midlothian |
Clubs3: | East Fife[1] |
Clubs4: | Dundee United[2] |
Clubs5: | → Dallas Tornado (loan)[3] |
Clubs6: | Cowdenbeath[4] |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Caps3: | 53 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Caps4: | 235 |
Goals4: | 9 |
Caps5: | 11 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Caps6: | 30 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Thomas Neilson (15 March 1935 – 10 February 2018) was a Scottish former footballer who played wing-half. Neilson played for East Fife, Dundee United and – briefly – Cowdenbeath. He emigrated to South Africa in 1970 and died there in February 2018.[5]
15 February 2019