Tommy Johnston

For other people with the same name, see Tom Johnston (disambiguation).

Tommy Johnston

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Bourhill Johnston
Date of birth	(1927-08-18)18 August 1927
Place of birth	Loanhead, Scotland
Date of death	4 September 2008(2008-09-04) (aged 81)
Place of death	Shoalhaven, Australia
Height	5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m)
Position(s)	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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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.

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.