- Tommy Johnston
Football player infobox
playername = Tommy Johnston
fullname = Thomas Bourhill Johnston
nickname = Tommy or Tom
height = 5 ft 11¾
dateofbirth = birth date|1927|8|18
cityofbirth =Loanhead
countryofbirth =Scotland
dateofdeath = death date and age|2008|9|4|1927|8|18
cityofdeath = Shoalhaven
countryofdeath =Australia
currentclub =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1949-1951
1951-1952
1952
1952-1954
1954-1956
1956-1958
1958-1959
1959-1961
1961
clubs = Kilmarnock
Darlington
Oldham Athletic
Norwich City
Newport County
Leyton Orient
Blackburn Rovers
Leyton Orient
Gillingham
caps(goals) = 25 (19)
27 0(9)
05 0(3)
60 (28)
63 (46)
87 (70)
36 (22)
93 (51)
35 (10)Thomas Bourhill "Tommy" Johnston (
August 18 ,1927 –September 4 ,2008 ) was a Scottish footballer.Johnston was the top scorer of Division 2 for the 1957–58 season with 43 goals for Leyton Orient and Blackburn Rovers.cite web
title = English League Leading Goalscorers 1889-2007
url = http://rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html
publisher = RSSSF
accessdate = 2007-08-14]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 . cite web
title = Tommy Johnston Dies
url = http://www.leytonorient.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10439~1384275,00.html
publisher = LOFC
accessdate = 2008-09-04]Notes
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