Tommy Preston

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{for|the Airdrieonians player|Thomas Preston (footballer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

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

{{ infobox football biography

| name = Tommy Preston

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| fullname = Thomas Baxter Preston

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|10|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Longstone, Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|4|16|1932|10|3|df=y}}

| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| position = Inside forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = | clubs1 = Newtongrange Star

| years2 = 1953–1964 | caps2 = 225 | goals2 = 35 | clubs2 = Hibernian{{cite web

| url=http://ihibs.co.uk/player.php?playerid=664

| title=Tommy Preston

| publisher=www.ihibs.co.uk

| access-date=30 January 2011}}

| years3 = 1964–1965 | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = St Mirren{{cite web

| url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/stmirren/stmirren.html

| title=ST. MIRREN : 1946/47 - 2009/10

| publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database

| access-date=30 January 2011}}

| totalcaps = 226 | totalgoals = 35

}}

Thomas Baxter Preston (3 October 1932 – 16 April 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hibernian and St Mirren. Preston appeared for Hibernian in the 1958 Scottish Cup Final and made over 300 appearances for the club in all competitions. He also scored a goal in a famous victory for Hibs against FC Barcelona.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/apr/02/joy-of-six-uefa-cup-classics |title=The Joy of Six: Oft-forgotten Fairs and Uefa Cup classics |last=Murray |first=Scott |date=2 April 2010 |access-date=30 January 2011 |work=The Guardian}}{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Hibs-beating-barca-will-be.4310913.jp |title=Hibs beating Barca will be nothing Nou |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=22 July 2008|access-date=30 January 2011 |last=Hardie |first=David}}

Preston died in April 2015, aged 82.{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/tommy-preston-hibs-legend-dies-aged-82-1-3746149 |title=Tommy Preston, Hibs legend, dies aged 82 |work=The Scotsman |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=17 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2015/04/former-hibs-star-tommy-preston-dies-aged-82/|title=Former Hibs' star Tommy Preston dies aged 82|work=The Edinburgh Reporter}}{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/thomas-preston.123504358 |first=Scott |last=Reid |title=Thomas Preston |work=The Herald |publisher=Herald & Times Group |date=18 April 2015 |access-date=18 April 2015}}