Tommy McFarlane

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Tommy McFarlane
Personal information
Full name Tommy McFarlane
Date of birth
Place of birth    Scotland
Place of death    United States
Playing position Center Half
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1921-1922
1922-1924
1924-1925
1925
1925-1927
Partick Thistle
Fall River United
Bethlehem Steel
Indiana Flooring
Sayles
J&P Coats

08 (1)
28 (2)
18 (1)

17 (1)   
National team
1925 United States 01 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Tommy McFarlane was a Scottish-American soccer center half who began his career in Scotland before moving to the United States. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1925.

[edit] Club career

McFarlane began his career with Partick Thistle of the Scottish Football League. In 1921, he moved to the United States where he signed with the Fall River United of the American Soccer League. After one season, he moved to the Bethlehem Steel F.C. While he began the 1924-1925 season with Bethlehem, he moved to J&P Coats after only four games. McFarlane played eighteen games with J&P Coats, but was listed in June 1925 with amateur club Sayles.[1] That fall, McFarlane signed with J&P Coats and played with them through the end of the 1926-1927 season.[2]

[edit] National team

McFarlane earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 1-0 loss to Canada on June 27, 1925.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ June 13, 1925 The Globe
  2. ^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback), The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4). 
  3. ^ U.S. international results at RSSSF