Thomas Logan (17 August 1888 – 21 June 1962) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Falkirk and Chelsea.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Logan | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Barrhead, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 21 June 1962 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Lochranza, Scotland[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1908–1910 | Arthurlie | 27 | (7) |
| 1910–1913 | Falkirk | 95 | (29) |
| 1913–1922 | Chelsea | 107 | (7) |
| 1916 | → Partick Thistle (guest) | 1 | (1) |
| 1916 | → Dunfermline Athletic (guest) | ||
| 1917–1918 | → Falkirk (guest) | 4 | (0) |
| 1922–1923 | Arthurlie | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1913 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Born in Barrhead,[4] Logan began his senior career with local club Arthurlie of Scotland's second tier in 1908, moving to Falkirk, at that time one of the top teams in the country, in 1910, following a trial.[5][6] During the initial months of his first season at Brockville Park (in which the club eventually finished in third place), his elder brother Alec[4] was a teammate prior to a transfer to England; another older sibling James[4] was also a professional footballer who played in England, becoming an opponent after he moved back home in 1912 to play with Rangers.[7]
With the Bairns, Logan lifted the Scottish Cup after a 2–0 win over Raith Rovers in the 1913 final at Celtic Park, scoring the second goal;[8][9][10] it was the club's first major honour, and he joined Chelsea within a few weeks.[11][2] a year later he was joined at Stamford Bridge by another member of that Falkirk team, Jimmy Croal.[12]
Logan was a member of the Chelsea side that reached the 1915 FA Cup Final. He was one of the few Chelsea players to get a positive mention in the Manchester Guardian report on the final for a few "dashing excursions" into the Sheffield half, he failed to score.[13] By then, he was judged to be "an ideal centre half who showed judgement in his play",[11] although in his early years he had been considered a forward and had a good scoring ratio for Falkirk. He was playing further back when capped by Scotland.
Logan's career was interrupted by World War I, during which he had loan spells back in Scotland (where the domestic league continued, unlike in England) with Partick Thistle, Dunfermline Athletic and back at Falkirk.[6] His military service included the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders whose regimental team he represented.[14]
He was contracted to Chelsea until July 1922 (although his last appearance for the club was in November 1920)[2] and made a total of 116 appearances scoring 8 goals in total.[15] In his mid-30s, he returned to Arthurlie,[6] then playing in the Western League – a wartime competition which continued for several years due to the slow reorganisation of lower league football in Scotland.[16]
Logan represented Scotland once, appearing in a 1913 British Home Championship match against Ireland while with Falkirk.[17][a]
Honours edit
- Falkirk
- Chelsea
Notes edit
- ^ Tommy Logan is credited in several sources[18][19][20] as having been selected for the Scottish League XI in 1907, but this is extremely unlikely as he was a teenager with no top level experience at the time of the fixture in question; by contrast, his older brother Alec Logan was an established forward at Falkirk and it can be assumed that Alec was the player involved, with records of 'Logan, Falkirk' being linked to Tommy after he became a prominent member of the same team within a few years.
References edit
- ^ "Surname Logan ForenameTHOMAS Age at death73 Mother's Maiden Name Year1962 Ref556/ 4 RD NameLochranza [Census search return]". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Chelsea FC Player Profile: Tommy Logan". Stamford-Bridge.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
- ^ a b c "1891 LOGAN, JAMES (Census 572/2 10/ 35) Page 35 of 44 [Census return extract]". ScotlandsPeople. 1891. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Obscure Falkirk FC Matches - 9th Aug 1910". Retrieved 14 November 2018 – via Falkirk Football Historian.
- ^ a b c "Logan, Tom". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Rangers player James Logan". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Association Football. Falkirk, 2; Raith Rovers, 0. Scottish Cup—Final tie". The Herald. Glasgow. 14 April 1913. p. 13. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Retracing the steps of 1913 legends". Falkirk Herald. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Season 1912-1913: Team Photograph". BetterMeddle. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ a b Unknown (1915). Cup Final Programme.
- ^ "Jimmy Croal". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "The Cup Final". Manchester Guardian. 26 April 1915. p. 9.
- ^ "The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. p. 405. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
- ^ "Western Football League: First version 1915-1923". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Scotland player Thomas Logan". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Scottish League player Thomas Logan". londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Scottish League vs English League 0-0". 2 March 1907. Retrieved 14 November 2018 – via Play Up Liverpool.
- ^ "Died in bus: Passing of former noted Falkirk F.C. player". Falkirk Herald. 8 April 1944. Retrieved 14 November 2018 – via Falkirk Football Historian.