Tom Dunbar (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Dunbar | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1868[1] | ||
Place of birth | Busby, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 28 April 1908 (aged 39)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1887–1888 | Hibernian | ||
1888 | Celtic | ||
1888–1890 | |||
1890–1891 | Celtic | 4 | (0) |
1890 | → St Mirren (loan) | 3 | (1) |
1891–1892 | Rangers | 11 | (0) |
1892–1898 | Celtic | 49 | (3) |
1897–1898 | |||
National team | |||
1895[2] | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Thomas Dunbar (18 August 1868 – 28 April 1908) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Rangers.[1] He is one of only two players to cross the Old Firm divide twice, the other being Kenny Miller.
Career[]
Having played once for the team in the Scottish Cup in 1888 (a match in which his elder brother Michael also played), Dunbar signed for Celtic from in 1890.[3] Following a short loan spell with St Mirren, one of his first Scottish Football League appearances for the Bhoys came at Rangers during a 2–1 victory on 2 May 1891. A few months later, in November 1891, he joined Rangers hoping to play more regularly,[1][4] but although he did so the team had a poor run of results during the campaign and he returned to Celtic by July of the following year.[1] He was one of several players of the Catholic faith to feature for Rangers in the pre-World War I era, after which an unwritten rule was introduced at the club which persisted for several decades.[5]
He spent the next five years with Celtic and left in 1897, seldom a first choice when all players were available but making a total of 61 League and Scottish Cup appearances for the club across both spells; he was part of the squad which won the title in 1892–93, 1893–94 and 1895–96, and the Glasgow Cup in 1894–95.[6]
See also[]
- Played for Celtic and Rangers
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Ferrier, Bob & McElroy, Robert (1990). Glasgow Rangers: Player by Player. The Crowood Press. ISBN 1-85223-404-0.
- ^ "SFL player Tom Dunbar". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
- ^ (Rangers player) Dunbar, Tom, FitbaStats
- ^ Ibrox left-footers, The Glasgow Herald, 15 September 1989
- ^ (Celtic player) Dunbar, Thomas, FitbaStats
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- People from Busby, East Renfrewshire
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