Tommy Halliday

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Tommy Halliday
Personal information
Full name Thomas Halliday [1]
Date of birth (1940-04-28) 28 April 1940 (age 83)
Place of birth Ardrossan, Scotland
Position(s) Centre-forward
Youth career
Largs Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962–1963 Dumbarton 22 (18)
1963–1964 Cardiff City 16 (2)
1964–1965 Dumbarton 21 (4)
1965–1966 Greenock Morton 3 (0)
1966–1967 Stranraer 16 (6)
1967–1968 Alloa Athletic 1 (0)
Largs Thistle
Total79(30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Halliday (born 28 April 1940) [2] is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Dumbarton, Greenock Morton, Stranraer and Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Football League and Cardiff City in the Football League.

Career

Halliday joined Dumbarton in March 1963 and made a goalscoring debut for the club in a 3–1 victory over East Stirlingshire. [3] He scored 21 goals in 28 league appearances for Dumbarton, leading Cardiff City manager George Swindin to pay £5,000 to sign him in October 1963. [4] He made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw with South Wales rivals Swansea Town and made sixteen league appearances, scoring twice. However, he was displaced in the first team by Derek Tapscott and subsequently returned to Dumbarton. [4]

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References

  1. "Tommy Halliday". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. Tommy Halliday at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  3. "Chic Halliday". Dumbarton Football Club Historical Archive. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 80. ISBN   1-85983-462-0.