Jump to content

Tom Glancy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Beatpoet (talk | contribs) at 12:07, 17 April 2021 (Expanded honours and cleanup). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Tom Glancy
Personal information
Full name Thomas Glancy[1]
Date of birth 10 October 1894[1]
Place of birth Cowdenbeath, Scotland[1]
Date of death 11 February 1949(1949-02-11) (aged 54)[1]
Place of death Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Position(s) Wing half, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cowdenbeath St Leonard's
0000–1914 Inverkeithing United
1914–1924 Falkirk 204 (36)
1924–1925 St Johnstone 30 (6)
1925–1934 Cowdenbeath 261 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Glancy (10 October 1894 – 11 February 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath, Falkirk and St Johnstone.[2][3] In 1923 he was a member of a squad organised by Third Lanark that toured South America.[4][5]

Personal life

Glancy was the cousin of footballer Lawrence Glancy and the father of junior footballer Watty Glancy.[2][6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk 1914–15[1] Scottish Division One 38 5 38 5
1918–19[1] 10 1 10 1
1919–20[1] 33 3 1 0 34 3
1920–21[1] 30 10 4 1 34 11
1921–22[1] 38 8 2 2 40 10
1922–23[1] 29 7 3 1 32 8
1923–24[1] 26 2 3 2 29 4
Total 204 36 13 6 217 42
St Johnstone 1924–25[1] Scottish Division One 30 6 1 0 31 6
Cowdenbeath 1925–26[1] Scottish Division One 26 3 1 0 27 3
1926–27[1] 26 3 2 0 28 3
1927–28[1] 28 1 2 0 30 1
1928–29[1] 20 2 3 0 23 2
1929–30[1] 30 1 2 0 32 1
1930–31[1] 35 2 1 0 36 2
1931–32[1] 33 0 2 0 35 0
1932–33[1] 34 2 2 0 36 2
1933–34[1] 29 0 2 0 31 0
Total 261 14 17 0 278 14
Career total 495 56 31 6 526 62

Honours

Falkirk

  • Falkirk Infirmary Shield: 1914–15, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22[7]
  • Stirlingshire Redding Pit Disaster Benefit Cup: 1923–24[7]

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. ^ a b c "Tom Glancy". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Glancy Thomas Falkirk 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ^ Potter, David (15 August 2009). Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84502-578-6.
  6. ^ "Glancy, Lawrence". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ^ a b Meffen, John. "Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39" (PDF). p. 40. Retrieved 17 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)