Tom Cranston

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{for|the English cricketer|Tom Cranston (cricketer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tom Cranston

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =Thomas Cranston

| birth_date = 1891

| birth_place = Ardrossan, Scotland

| death_date = 13 {{Death year and age|1916|1891|01}}

| death_place = Iraq

| height =

| position = Outside right

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1912

| clubs1 = Ardrossan Celtic

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1912–1914

| clubs2 = Raith Rovers

| caps2 = 56

| goals2 = 8

| years3 = 1914

| clubs3 = → Third Lanark (loan)

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1914–1915

| clubs4 = Clyde

| caps4 = 22

| goals4 = 5

}}

Thomas Cranston (1891 – 13 January 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers, Third Lanark and Clyde as an outside right.{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}{{Cite web |title=They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916 |url=http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_Season_1915-1916_(Fell).pdf |access-date=15 May 2018 |pages=1–2}}