Tommy Robertson

Tom Robertson
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Personal information
Full name	Thomas Robertson
Date of birth	1873
Place of birth	Renton, Scotland
Date of death	c. 1939
Position(s)	Outside left
Youth career
	East Benhar
	Heatherbell
	Motherwell
	Fauldhouse
Senior career*
Years	Team
1896–1898	Hearts
1898–1902	Liverpool
1902	Hearts
1902–1903	Dundee
1903	Manchester United
1905–?	Bathgate
International career
1898	Scotland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Thomas "Tom" Robertson (born 1873, died circa 1939) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helping them to a Football League Championship.

Life and playing career

Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, Robertson played for East Benhar, Heatherbell, Motherwell, Fauldhouse and Hearts before being signed with John Walker for £350 by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in March 1898. Making his debut in a Football League Division One against Sheffield Wednesday on the 11 April 1898 scoring his first goal in the same match. The winger had a very successful time at Anfield missing just a single game in his first 2 seasons at the club, he even bagged a very respectable 19 goals, not bad for someone playing out on the flank. Robertson was an ever present in the 1900–01 season as the Reds went on to win their first league title. Robertson left Liverpool at the end of the following season after making a further 25 games, he returned to Edinburgh and Hearts. He also went on to play for Dundee, Manchester United, one of the very few players to have played for both bitter rivals at each end of the East Lancs Road, and Bathgate.

Robertson received one international cap for Scotland, playing against Ireland in a British Championship match on 26 March 1898 at Solitude, Belfast. Robertson also managed to find the net in a 3–0 victory for Scotland.

Honours

Club

Liverpool

Football League First Division: 1900–01

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