Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Collins | ||
Date of birth | 16 April 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Leven, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 30 July 1929 | (aged 47)||
Place of death | London, England [1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Leven Thistle | |||
1903–1905 | Heart of Midlothian | 22 | (0) |
1905 | → Bathgate (loan) | ||
1905–1906 | East Fife | ||
1906–1910 | Heart of Midlothian | 136 | (1) |
1910–1915 | Tottenham Hotspur | 113 | (1) |
International career | |||
1909 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
1909–1910 [2] | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Collins (16 April 1882 – 30 July 1929) was a Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian, Bathgate, East Fife and Tottenham Hotspur. [3] [4]
The full back transferred to Tottenham from Hearts (where he had featured on the losing side in the 1907 Scottish Cup Final) in 1910 for a fee of £825. [5] Collins made a total of 122 appearances in all competitions for Spurs between 1910 and 1915 and scored a solitary goal for the club. [6] English football was then suspended; Collins spent time back in Scotland and made some guest appearances for East Fife. [1]
While with Hearts, Collins represented Scotland on one occasion, a 1909 British Home Championship match against Wales. [7] He was selected for the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match twice after he moved to Tottenham, but did not gain another full cap. [8]
Collins served in the Royal Field Artillery during World War I; he saw active service in France and in 1917 suffered near-fatal injuries in a shell blast, with his left arm and leg having to be amputated (he later had an artificial leg fitted). [1]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Scotland | 1909 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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