Tommy Logan

Tommy Logan
Personal information
Full name Thomas Logan
Date of birth (1888-08-17)17 August 1888
Place of birth Barrhead, Scotland
Date of death 1960 (aged 71–72)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1913 Falkirk 100 (30)
1913–1920 Chelsea 107 (7)
National team
1907 Scottish League XI[1] 1 (0)
1913 Scotland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Logan (17 August 1888 – 1960) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Falkirk and Chelsea. He was judged to be an ideal centre half whose showed judgement in his play.[2]

Logan transferred to Chelsea from Falkirk in 1913.[2] He 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 Manchester Guardian report on the final for a few "dashing excursions" into the Sheffield half, he failed to score.[3] He played with Chelsea until 1920 and made a total of 117 appearances scoring 8 goals in total.[4]

Logan represented Scotland once, appearing in a 1913 British Home Championship match against Ireland.[5]

Honours

Falkirk
Chelsea

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Logan". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 Unknown (1915). Cup Final Programme.
  3. ↑ "The Cup Final". Manchester Guardian. 26 April 1915. p. 9.
  4. ↑ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography - The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. p. 405. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Logan". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 9 June 2013.


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