- Tommy Orr
Infobox Football biography
playername = Tommy Orr
fullname = Thomas Bingham Orr
dateofbirth = birth date|1924|4|21
cityofbirth =Greenock
countryofbirth =Scotland
dateofdeath = 1972
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
nickname =
position = Inside-Forward
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years = 1946–1958
clubs = Greenock Morton
caps(goals) = 257 (86)
nationalyears = 1952
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (1)Thomas Bingham Orr (born
21 April 1924 inGreenock , died 1972) was a Scottish footballer who played as an Inside-Forward for Greenock Morton.As a junior, Orr played in the 1940 Scottish Junior Cup Final alongside
Nelson Black . [ [http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2006/10/13/blether.shtm Evening Telegraph: Sport: Blether with Brown ] ]As well as his 86 goals in 257 league appearances for Greenock Morton, Orr totalled 18 in 56 in the League Cup. He also scored three times in 28
Scottish Cup matches, and was a member of the side that got to the final in 1948.Orr was capped for the Scotland national team twice, against Wales and Northern Ireland, both in 1952. He scored the first goal against Northern Ireland in a 3-0 win.
Tommy Orr, who was the father of
Neil Orr , retired from the game in 1958.References
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DATE OF BIRTH= birth date|1924|4|21
PLACE OF BIRTH=Greenock ,Scotland
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