Tommy Robertson
{{short description|Scottish association football player}}
{{similar names|Thomas Robertson (disambiguation){{!}}Thomas Robertson}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tommy Robertson
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| fullname = Thomas Robertson
| birth_date = 17 October 1876[https://playupliverpool.com/1941/04/13/thomas-robertson/ Play Up Liverpool - Tommy Robertson profile]
| birth_place = East Benhar (Fauldhouse), Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|8|13|1876|10|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Harthill, Scotland
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| position = Outside left
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = East Benhar Heatherbell[http://www.liverpoolfc.com/history/past-players/tom-robertson Liverpool FC Official website - Tom Robertson profile]
| youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 =
| youthyears3 = |youthclubs3 = Motherwell
| youthyears4 = |youthclubs4 = Fauldhouse
| years1 = 1896–1898 |clubs1 = Hearts |caps1 = 25 |goals1 = 18
| years2 = 1898–1902 |clubs2 = Liverpool |caps2 = 126 |goals2 = 32
| years3 = 1902 |clubs3 = Hearts |caps3 = 3 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1902–1903 |clubs4 = Dundee |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1903 |clubs5 = Manchester United |caps5 = 3 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1905–? |clubs6 = Bathgate |caps6 = |goals6 =
| totalcaps = |totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 1898 |nationalteam1 = Scotland |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 1
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Thomas Robertson (17 October 1876 – 13 August 1941) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left. He was part of the Heart of Midlothian team that won the Scottish league title in 1897. He also played for Liverpool between 1898 and 1902, helping them to the Football League title in 1901.
Life and playing career
Born in Scotland, Robertson played for East Benhar Heatherbell, Motherwell, Fauldhouse and Hearts – it is reported that the Edinburgh club took him on after an impressive performance making up their numbers in a reserve game at Fauldhouse. He went on to win the Scottish League title with Hearts in 1897.
Robertson was signed along with John Walker for £350 by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in March 1898. He made his debut in a Football League Division One against Sheffield Wednesday on 11 April 1898, scoring his first goal in the same match.
The winger had a very successful time at Anfield missing just a single game in his first two seasons at the club, he even bagged a very respectable 19 goals, not bad for someone playing out on the flank. Robertson was an ever present in the 1900–01 season as the Reds went on to win their first league title.
Robertson left Liverpool at the end of the following season after making a further 25 appearances, returning to Edinburgh and Hearts. He also went on to play for Dundee,{{cite web|title=Season 1902–03|url=http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s94/st2215.htm|website=DundeeFC.net hosted by SportNetwork|date=23 April 2002|accessdate=22 September 2018}} Manchester United (one of the very few players to have played for both bitter rivals at each end of the East Lancs Road) and Bathgate.
Robertson received one cap for Scotland, playing against Ireland in a British Championship match on 26 March 1898 at Solitude, Belfast; he also managed to find the net in a 3–0 victory for Scotland. In both 1900 and 1901 he took part in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match (alongside William Robertson and Tom Robertson in the first and up against Jacky Robertson in the second – all no relation),[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X_hEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QLcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5931%2C7639258 Football. {{!}} Scots V. Anglo-Scots.], The Glasgow Herald, 22 March 1900[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1900/1900032303.htm The Cathkin Trial. {{!}} Its Finds And Failures.], The Scottish Referee, 23 March 1900, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club[https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1901/1901032202.htm International Trial Match. {{!}} A Disappointing Game.], The Scottish Referee, 22 March 1901, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club but this did not lead to any further international appearances.
Honours
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=818 Tommy Robertson profile at LFCHistory.net]
- [http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/robertson_t.html Manchester United profile]
- [http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/thomas2robertson.html Scotland career details]
- [http://londonhearts.com/scores/newplayers/h00367.html Hearts career details]
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Category:Motherwell F.C. players
Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Manchester United F.C. players
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Scotland men's international footballers
Category:Bathgate F.C. players