Tom Fairfoul
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Fairfoul | ||
Date of birth | 16 January 1881 | ||
Place of birth | West Calder, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1952 (aged 70–71) | ||
Place of death | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Lanark Athletic | |||
Patna Doon Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1906 | Kilmarnock | 42 | (7) |
1906–1913 | Third Lanark | 206 | (27) |
1913–1915 | Liverpool | 62 | (0) |
National team | |||
1909 | Scottish Football League XI[1] | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Thomas Fairfoul (16 January 1881 – 1952) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right-half.
Born in West Calder, West Lothian, Fairfoul made over 200 senior appearances in Scottish football, playing for Kilmarnock[2] and Third Lanark,[3] before moving south of the border to join Liverpool in 1913.[4] He spent two years with the club, where his fortunes were mixed. He played in the 1914 FA Cup Final, ending on the losing side, but was later suspended by the FA for his involvement in the betting scandal of 1915. Fairfoul was re-instated after the break for World War I but did not return to football.
References[]
- ^ (SFL player) Tom Fairfoul, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ (Kilmarnock player) Fairfoul, Thomas, FitbaStats
- ^ (Third Lanark player) Fairfoul, T, FitbaStats
- ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
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Categories:
- 1881 births
- 1952 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Association football wing halves
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Sportspeople from West Lothian
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- English Football League players
- Sportspeople involved in betting scandals
- FA Cup Final players
- Scottish football defender, 1880s birth stubs