Tommy Johnston

Tommy Johnston
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Bourhill Johnston
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 (1.82 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1949–1951	Kilmarnock
1951–1952	Darlington
1952	Oldham Athletic
1952–1954	Norwich City
1954–1956	Newport County
1956–1958	Leyton Orient
1958–1959	Blackburn Rovers
1959–1961	Leyton Orient
1961	Gillingham
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Bourhill "Tommy" Johnston (18 August 1927 – 4 September 2008) was a Scottish-born footballer.

Johnston was the top scorer of Division 2 for the 1957–58 season with 43 goals for Leyton Orient and Blackburn Rovers.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Notes

^ "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 2009-010-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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[English_League_Leading_Goalscorers_1889-2007-1] "English League Leading Goalscorers 1889-2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2007.

[Tommy_Johnston_Dies-2] "Tommy Johnston Dies". LOFC. Retrieved 4 September 2008.

[The_Happy_Wanderer_Returns_Home-3] "The Happy Wanderer Returns Home". LOFC. Retrieved 2009-010-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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