Tommy Muirhead

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Tommy Muirhead
Personal information
Full name Thomas Allan Muirhead
Date of birth January 31, 1897(1897-01-31)
Place of birth    Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Date of death    June 1, 1979 (aged 82)
Playing position Forward / Wing Half
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1914-1917
1917-1924
1924-1925
1925-1930		 Hibernian
Rangers
Boston Wonder Workers
Rangers
154 (49)
014 0(0)
125 (13)   
National team
1922-1930 Scotland 008 0(0)
Teams managed
1924-1925
1931-1936
1936-1937		 Boston Wonder Workers
St. Johnstone
Preston North End

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

Thomas "Tommy" Allan Muirhead (born 31 January 1897 in Cowdenbeath, Fife; died June 1979) was a Scottish footballer who played for Hibernian, Rangers and Scotland.

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[edit] Player

[edit] Hibs and Rangers

Muirhead, a forward who was occasionally deployed as a half-back,[1] was signed by Rangers for £20 from Hibernian in May 1917. He made his debut, ironically against his former club, Hibs in a 3-0 win at Ibrox on September 15, 1917. He went on to score 49 goals in 353 appearances for Rangers and won 8 championship medals. He was also captain of the club for a spell.

[edit] American Soccer League

Muirhead's Rangers career was interrupted by a brief stint in the United States in 1925. Cash-rich American Soccer League club Boston Wonder Workers lured him across the Atlantic to assume the role of player-manager.[1] However, despite the presence of several other Scots, including internationalists such as Alex McNab and Barney Battles, he could not settle in Boston and returned to Glasgow after only 14 games.[2]

[edit] Scotland

Muirhead returned to Rangers where he played until 1930.

[edit] National team

Muirhead was capped at international level, making 8 appearances for Scotland including captaining his country in a 1-0 defeat to Northern Ireland on 25 February 1928.

[edit] Manager

After his playing career, Muirhead had further spells in management with St Johnstone (1931-36) and Preston North End (1936-37) and he also worked as a sports journalist.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 (Hardback), Hutton Press. (ISBN 0-907033-47-4). 
  2. ^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback), The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4). 
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St. Johnstone F.C. – Managers

Grant (1919–20) • Buchan (1920–22) • Taylor (1922–31) • Muirhead (1931–36) • Rutherford (1936–47) • Crapnell (1947–53) • Pattillo (1953–58) • Brown (1958–67) • Ormond (1967–73) • Stewart (1973–76) • Storrie (1976–78) • Stuart (1978–80) • Rennie (1980–85) • Gibson (1985–87) • Totten (1987–92) • McClelland (1992–93) • Sturrock (1993–98) • Clark (1998–01) • Stark (2001–2004) • Connolly (2004–05) • Coyle (2005–07) • McInnes (2007–)
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Preston North End F.C. – Managers

Parker (1906–15) • Hayes (1919–23) • Lawrence (1923–25) • Richards (1925–27) • Gibson (1927–31) • Hayes (1931–32) • Muirhead (1936–37) • Scott (1949–53) • Symon (1953–54) • Hill (1954–56) • Britton (1956–61) • Milne (1961–68) • Seith (1968–70) • Ball (1970–73) • Charlton (1973–75) • Catterick (1975–77) • Stiles (1977–81) • Docherty (1981) • Kelly (1981) • Lee (1981–83) • Kelly (1983–85) • Booth (1985–86) • Kidd (1986) • McGrath (1986–90) • Chapman (1990–92) • Beck (1992–94) • Peters (1994–98) • Moyes (1998–2002) • O'Hanlon (2002) • Brown (2002–04) • Davies (2004–06) • Simpson (2006–07) • Irvine (2007–)