Thomas Ferguson (goalkeeper)

Thomas Thomson Ferguson
	Third Lanark team during 1923 tour – Ferguson standing, third from right (striped jersey)
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Thomson Ferguson
Date of birth	30 January 1898
Place of birth	Longriggend, Scotland
Date of death	13 June 1955 (aged 57)
Place of death	South Africa
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
–	Bedlay Juniors
1919–1932	Falkirk
International career
1921–1927	Scottish League XI
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Ferguson (30 January 1898 – 13 June 1955) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire senior career, spanning 13 years, with Falkirk, and holds the club record for appearances (almost 500 in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup).^[5]^[2] He was selected for the Scottish Football League XI three times^[6] and in 1923 he was a member of a squad organised by Third Lanark that toured South America.^[7]^[8]

References[edit]

^ 'Highland Pride': La Plata, Argentina to Liverpool, England, 4 Aug 1923, UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, via Ancestry (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Thomas Ferguson = Falkirk FC, Falkirk Football Historian, 12 October 2010
^ Thomas Thomson Ferguson, Find A Grave
^ Season preview 1927-28: Falkirk F.C., The Athletic News, 1 August 1927, via Play Up Liverpool
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "[SFL player] Thomas Ferguson". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923, Pablo Ciullini, RSSSF, 19 August 2020
^ Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy, David Potter; Black & White Publishing, 2009; ISBN 9781845025786

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