Tommy Johnston
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Bourhill Johnston[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Loanhead, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 4 September 2008 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Shoalhaven, Australia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 3⁄4 in (182 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1951 | Kilmarnock | 25 | (19) |
| 1951–1952 | Darlington | 27 | (9) |
| 1952 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | (3) |
| 1952–1954 | Norwich City | 60 | (28) |
| 1954–1956 | Newport County | 63 | (46) |
| 1956–1958 | Leyton Orient | 87 | (70) |
| 1958–1959 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | (22) |
| 1959–1961 | Leyton Orient | 93 | (51) |
| 1961 | Gillingham | 35 | (10) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Thomas Bourhill Johnston (18 August 1927 – 4 September 2008) was a Scottish professional footballer.
Johnston was the top scorer of English Division 2 for the 1957–58 season with 43 goals for Leyton Orient and Blackburn Rovers.[2]
He had a withered arm, a legacy of an injury received while he was a miner and always played with this arm bandaged. Johnston died in the early hours of 4 September 2008 in Australia.[3]
Upon hearing the news of Johnston's death in September 2008 O's chairman Barry Hearn immediately decided that Orient's south stand should be renamed The Tommy Johnston Stand.[4]
References
- ↑ "Tommy Johnston". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers 1889-2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
- ↑ "Tommy Johnston Dies". LOFC. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
- ↑ "The Happy Wanderer Returns Home". LOFC. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
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