Thomas Logan (17 August 1888 – 21 June 1962) was a Scottish

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, who played for

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

and Chelsea. Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012

Career

Born in

Barrhead Barrhead (, ) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when a series of small textile-produ ...

, Logan began his senior career with local club

Arthurlie Arthurlie is an area of the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. History of Arthurlie The lands of Arthurlie were held in medieval times by the Stewart family, a branch of the noble Stewarts of Darnley. Later the lands became the prop ...

of Scotland's second tier in 1908, moving to

, at that time one of the top teams in the country, in 1910, following a trial. During the initial months of his first season at

Brockville Park Brockville Park was a football stadium located on Hope Street in Falkirk, Scotland, north-west of the town centre. It was the home of Falkirk F.C. from 1885 until the end of 2002–03 Scottish football season.

(in which the club eventually finished in third place), his elder brother

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was a teammate prior to a transfer to England; another older sibling

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was also a professional footballer who played in England, becoming an opponent after he moved back home in 1912 to play with

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. With the ''Bairns'', Logan lifted the

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in the 1913 final at

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, scoring the second goal; it was the club's first major honour, and he joined Chelsea within a few weeks. a year later he was joined at

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by another member of that Falkirk team,

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. Logan was a member of the Chelsea side that reached the 1915 FA Cup Final. He was one of the few Chelsea players to get a positive mention in the

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report on the final for a few "dashing excursions" into the Sheffield half, he failed to score. By then, he was judged to be "an ideal

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who showed judgement in his play", although in his early years he had been considered a

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and had a good scoring ratio for Falkirk. He was playing further back when capped by Scotland. Logan's career was interrupted by World War I, during which he had loan spells back in Scotland (where the domestic league continued, unlike in England) with

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and back at Falkirk. His military service included the

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whose regimental team he represented. He was contracted to Chelsea until July 1922 (although his last appearance for the club was in November 1920) and made a total of 116 appearances scoring 8 goals in total. In his mid-30s, he returned to Arthurlie, then playing in the ''Western League'' – a wartime competition which continued for several years due to the slow reorganisation of lower league football in Scotland. Logan represented

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once, appearing in a 1913 British Home Championship match against

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while with Falkirk.

Honours

;Falkirk *

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;Chelsea *

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: Runner-up

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Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Logan, Tommy 1962 deaths 1888 births Scottish men's footballers Chelsea F.C. players Footballers from Barrhead Scotland men's international footballers Falkirk F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers Men's association football central defenders Arthurlie F.C. players Falkirk F.C. wartime guest players Partick Thistle F.C. wartime guest players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. wartime guest players