Tommy Johnston
Thomas Bourhill Johnston (18 August 1927 – 4 September 2008) was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 256 goals from 425 appearances in the Scottish and English Football Leagues.
| 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 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1951 | Kilmarnock | 19 | (17) |
| 1951–1952 | Darlington | 27 | (9) |
| 1952 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | (3) |
| 1952–1954 | Norwich City | 60 | (28) |
| 1954–1956 | Newport County | 63 | (46) |
| 1956–1958 | Leyton Orient | 87 | (70) |
| 1958–1959 | Blackburn Rovers | 36 | (22) |
| 1959–1961 | Leyton Orient | 93 | (51) |
| 1961 | Gillingham | 35 | (10) |
| Total | 425 | (256) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Johnston was the Football League Second Division top scorer for the 1957–58 season with 43 goals for Leyton Orient and Blackburn Rovers. He was Orient's all-time top scorer and in 1999 was voted their greatest player of all time.
He had a withered arm, a legacy of an injury received while he was a miner, and always played with this arm bandaged. Johnston and his family emigrated to Australia in 1972, and he died in Shoalhaven, New South Wales, on 4 September 2008.
The south stand at Orient's Brisbane Road ground was named the Tommy Johnston Stand in his honour, and his ashes were interred there.
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