Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Blair | ||
Date of birth | 24 February 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Hutchesontown, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 28 August 1961 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Monifieth, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Vale of Clyde [2] | ||
1912–1920 | Kilmarnock | 226 | (0) |
1920–1922 | Manchester City | 38 | (0) |
1925–1926 | Boston | 17 | (0) |
1926–1927 | Fall River F.C. | 34 | (0) |
1927 | Hartford Americans | 11 | (0) |
1928–1930 | New Bedford Whalers | 60 | (0) |
1931 | Pawtucket Rangers | 9 | (0) |
1931–1932 | Ayr United | ||
1932–1933 | Linfield | ||
1937 | Dundee United | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
1917 [3] | Scottish League (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Blair (24 February 1892 – 28 August 1961) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [4]
Blair was prominent in the 1910s playing for Kilmarnock, [5] with the culmination of his nine-year spell there being a Scottish Cup win in 1920, lifting the trophy as team captain. [6] [7] He then moved to England with Manchester City, [8] spending two years there but only the regular in his position in the second campaign. He played on both sides in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial and conceded only once in each match, [9] [10] but this did not lead on to a full cap for Scotland.
By now in his 30s, Blair accepted an invitation to play in the American Soccer League, appearing for teams including Fall River F.C. [11] and New Bedford Whalers. [12] [13] After several years in the United States he returned to Scotland with Ayr United (no league appearances recorded) then spent time in Northern Ireland at Linfield before becoming a coach at Dundee United in 1937. That same year he made a final, emergency SFL appearance in a 7–1 defeat to St Bernard's, aged 45. [14]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Blair | ||
Date of birth | 24 February 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Hutchesontown, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 28 August 1961 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Monifieth, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Vale of Clyde [2] | ||
1912–1920 | Kilmarnock | 226 | (0) |
1920–1922 | Manchester City | 38 | (0) |
1925–1926 | Boston | 17 | (0) |
1926–1927 | Fall River F.C. | 34 | (0) |
1927 | Hartford Americans | 11 | (0) |
1928–1930 | New Bedford Whalers | 60 | (0) |
1931 | Pawtucket Rangers | 9 | (0) |
1931–1932 | Ayr United | ||
1932–1933 | Linfield | ||
1937 | Dundee United | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
1917 [3] | Scottish League (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Blair (24 February 1892 – 28 August 1961) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [4]
Blair was prominent in the 1910s playing for Kilmarnock, [5] with the culmination of his nine-year spell there being a Scottish Cup win in 1920, lifting the trophy as team captain. [6] [7] He then moved to England with Manchester City, [8] spending two years there but only the regular in his position in the second campaign. He played on both sides in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial and conceded only once in each match, [9] [10] but this did not lead on to a full cap for Scotland.
By now in his 30s, Blair accepted an invitation to play in the American Soccer League, appearing for teams including Fall River F.C. [11] and New Bedford Whalers. [12] [13] After several years in the United States he returned to Scotland with Ayr United (no league appearances recorded) then spent time in Northern Ireland at Linfield before becoming a coach at Dundee United in 1937. That same year he made a final, emergency SFL appearance in a 7–1 defeat to St Bernard's, aged 45. [14]
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