Tommy "Red" McMillan was a Scottish
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
fullback who played in the
American Soccer League.
McMillan played for
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C.
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Nicknamed ''The Rabs'' or ''The Roy'', they were formed in 1878. They wear red and black strips and currently compete in ...
and
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...
before moving to the United States where he signed with
Boston Soccer Club
The Boston Soccer Club was a member of the American Soccer League. They were renamed the Boston Bears for the Fall 1929 ASL season.
In 1925, the ASL and the St. Louis Soccer League (SLSL) boycotted the National Challenge Cup, now known as the ...
in 1924. In 1927, he moved to the
New Bedford Whalers
New Bedford Whalers was the name of three American soccer teams based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The first Whalers played in the Southern New England Soccer League between 1914 and 1918. The second Whalers played in the American Soccer Leag ...
.
A GLANCE AT SOCCER IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
/ref> During McMillan's three seasons with Boston, the team won the ASL league cup twice (1925 and 1927). McMillan played for New Bedford until at least the end of the 1931 season. However, the team went through several name changes. In the spring of 1931, it became Fall River F.C. Then in the fall of 1931, it merged with the New York Yankees and retook the Whalers name.
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American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Boston Soccer Club players
New Bedford Whalers players
Scottish footballers
Scottish expatriate footballers
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
Men's association football defenders
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States