Tom Wylie (footballer, born 1896)
Thomas Wylie (born 14 March 1896)[1] was a professional footballer who played for Queen of the South, Blackburn Rovers and Swindon Town.
A left back from Darvel in Ayrshire, Wylie joined Queens from Galston in August 1920 (neither were Scottish Football League members at that time)[2] and made nine appearances and scored three goals for the club before he joined Blackburn Rovers in February 1921. He was the last of three players to make such a move in a short time frame, after Jimmy McKinnell and Willie McCall. This (along with the transfer of Ian Dickson to Aston Villa) helped fund the Dumfries club's purchase of Palmerston Park.[3]
Wylie left Blackburn in 1926 after 174 Football League First Division appearances and 17 in the FA Cup.[4][5] He had a short spell with neighbouring Darwen, then joined Swindon Town; he remained in Wiltshire until 1930 when he returned to Ayrshire and appeared for Junior sides Beith and Irvine Meadow.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tommy Wylie, Swindon-Town-FC. Retrieved 16 February 2022
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Details of Queen of the South's purchase of Palmerston Park in the feature on Ian Dickson Archived 2009-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Connections between Dumfries and Blackburn Rovers in the Queen of the South profile on Jackie Oakes Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wylie Tom Image 1 Blackburn Rovers 1924, Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 16 February 2022
- 1896 births
- Footballers from East Ayrshire
- Scottish men's footballers
- Galston F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- Darwen F.C. (1870) players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Beith Juniors F.C. players
- Irvine Meadow XI F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Men's association football defenders
- English Football League players
- People from Darvel