Tommy Robertson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Robertson | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1876[1] | ||
| Place of birth | East Benhar (Fauldhouse), Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 13 August 1941 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Harthill, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| East Benhar[2] | |||
| Heatherbell | |||
| Motherwell | |||
| Fauldhouse | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1896–1898 | Hearts | ||
| 1898–1902 | Liverpool | 126 | (34) |
| 1902 | Hearts | ||
| 1902–1903 | Dundee | ||
| 1903 | Manchester United | 3 | (0) |
| 1905–? | Bathgate | ||
| National team | |||
| 1898 | Scotland | 1 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Thomas "Tommy" Robertson (1876 – 1941) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helping them to a league title.
Life and playing career
Born in Scotland, Robertson played for East Benhar, Heatherbell, Motherwell, Fauldhouse and Hearts - it is reported that the Edinburgh club took him on after an impressive performance making up their numbers in a reserve game at Fauldhouse.[1] He went on to win the Scottish League title with Hearts in 1897.
Robertson was signed along with John Walker for £350 by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in March 1898. Making his debut in a Football League Division One against Sheffield Wednesday on the 11 April 1898 scoring his first goal in the same match.
The winger had a very successful time at Anfield missing just a single game in his first 2 seasons at the club, he even bagged a very respectable 19 goals, not bad for someone playing out on the flank. Robertson was an ever present in the 1900–01 season as the Reds went on to win their first league title.
Robertson left Liverpool at the end of the following season after making a further 25 games, he returned to Edinburgh and Hearts. He also went on to play for Dundee, Manchester United (one of the very few players to have played for both bitter rivals at each end of the East Lancs Road) and Bathgate.
Robertson received one international cap for Scotland, playing against Ireland in a British Championship match on 26 March 1898 at Solitude, Belfast. Robertson also managed to find the net in a 3–0 victory for Scotland.
Honours
Club
- Hearts
- Liverpool
- Football League First Division: 1900–01