Alexander Thomson (footballer)
{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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|fullname = Alexander Thomson
|birth_date = 18 February 1877
|birth_place = Airdrie, Scotland
|death_date = {{death date and age|1959|07|03|1877|02|18|df=y}}
|death_place = Shotts, Scotland
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|position = Inside forward
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|youthclubs1 = Coatbridge Caledonians
|years1 = 1899–1917
|clubs1 = Airdrieonians
|caps1 = 459
|goals1 = 144
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|totalgoals =
|nationalyears1 = 1909
|nationalteam1 = Scotland
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 1
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Alexander Thomson (18 February 1877 – 3 July 1959){{cite book | last = Mitchell | first = Andy | url=https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html |title = The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 | publisher = Amazon | year = 2021 | isbn=9798513846642}} was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward.
Career
Born in Airdrie, Thomson played club football solely for hometown team Airdrieonians; he helped the Diamonds to achieve their first promotion to the top level as winners of the 1902–03 Scottish Division Two championship, and they would retain their place for the next three decades.{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|magazine=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}
Thomson made one appearance for Scotland,{{cite book|title=Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013|author=Paul Smith|publisher=Pitch Publishing|year=2013|page=274}} scoring the third goal in a 5–0 win over Ireland in the 1909 British Home Championship having come in at centre forward, which was not his usual role, as a late replacement for Jimmy Quinn.[https://londonhearts.com/scores/images/1909/1909031902.htm Fairly "Drowned"], The Scottish Referee, 19 March 1909, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club; "Thomson gave a very taking display, and is to be commended for so ably and pluckily taking such a trying position at the eleventh hour".
See also
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Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scotland men's international footballers
Category:Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Footballers from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
Category:Scottish Football League players
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