Tommy Leishman
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Leishman | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Stenhousemuir, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 21 July 2021 | (aged 83)||
Position(s) |
Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
Cowie Juveniles | |||
Camelon Juniors | |||
1953–1954 | St Mirren | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1954–1959 | St Mirren | 15 | (1) |
1959–1963 | Liverpool | 107 | (6) |
1963–1965 | Hibernian | 30 | (1) |
1965–1967 | Linfield | ||
1967–1970 | Stranraer | 62 | (4) |
Managerial career | |||
1965–1967 | Linfield | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Leishman
Life and playing career
Born in
Leishman, like new manager Bill Shankly, joined Liverpool in November 1959 from St Mirren, where he had won a Scottish Cup winners medal the previous May, St Mirren having beaten Aberdeen 3–1 in the Hampden Park final. Tommy had a great touch but he was also a driving force in the middle of the park, he settled in well and appeared 17 times in the remainder of the 1959–60 season.
He followed this by missing just three fixtures in his first full season with the club as Liverpool missed out on promotion, finishing third for the fifth straight season. The following year they finally achieved their goal as they finished eight points clear of second placed Leyton Orient with Leishman missing just one game. He had been a regular for the club during its Second Division days, but found himself reduced to 11 appearances during the first half of the season as the club returned to the big time and he was allowed to leave during January 1963.
Leishman returned to Scotland and joined
Leishman died on 21 July 2021, at the age of 83.[2]
Honours
As player
St Mirren
- 1959
Liverpool
As player-manager
Linfield
- Irish Cup: Runner-up 1966
References
- ^ "Tommy Leishman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Little, Ivan (22 July 2021). "Tommy Leishman: Legendary Linfield boss who led club to European quarter-final dies aged 83". The Belfast Telegraph.
External links
- Player profile at LFChistory.net
- Tommy Leishman at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database