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Tom Brandon
Personal information
Full name William Thomas Brandon
Date of birth 3 October 1867
Place of birth Kilbirnie, Scotland
Date of death November 24, 1941(1941-11-24) (aged 74)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Clippens
1885–1886 Johnstone
1886–1887 Port Glasgow Athletic 0 (0)
1887 Renfrew Athletic
1887–1889 St Mirren
1889–1891 Blackburn Rovers 39 (1)
1892–1893 Sheffield Wednesday 30 (2)
1893 Nelson
1893–1900 Blackburn Rovers 177 (1)
1900–1901 St Mirren 8 (0)
International career
1891 Football League XI 1 (0)
1896 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Thomas Brandon (3 October 1867 – 24 November 1941) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers (where he won the FA Cup in 1891) and Sheffield Wednesday. He gained one cap for Scotland in 1896, being one of five men who were the first to be selected while playing for an English club, and in the process becoming Blackburn's first international for that nation.

He had several relatives who played the game: brothers James and Bob were teammates in his early career at St Mirren (winning a Renfrewshire Cup together in 1888) and cousin Harry was a teammate in his short spell with at Sheffield Wednesday (Harry later too won the FA Cup in 1896). His son, also named Tom, was also a professional footballer, playing for Hull City, West Ham and Bradford Park Avenue in the 1920s, and additionally he was the brother-in-law of Blackburn teammate Geordie Dewar via marriage to sisters from the local Duckworth family, though both relationships ended acrimoniously.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. Football Alliance v Football League, 20 April 1891, 11v11.com
  3. (Joyce 2004)
  4. "(Port Glasgow Athletic Player) Thomas Brandon Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. Anglo Scottish Recognition, Doigs Den
  6. Season by Season | 1889/90, St Mirren.info
  7. Sat 26 Nov 1887 St Mirren 4 Hearts 2, London Hearts Supporters Club
  8. Famous Players. | Tom Brandon, late St Mirren F.C. The Scottish Referee, 3 March 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  9. Brandon Harry Image 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1898, Vintage Footballers
  10. The Origins of Sheffield Wednesday. Jason Dickinson; Amberley Publishing Limited, 2015; ISBN 9781445619705
  11. (Smith 2013, p. 30)
Sources
  • Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.


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