Tom Glancy

Thomas Glancy (10 October 1894 – 11 February 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made nearly 500 appearances in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath, Falkirk and St Johnstone.[2][3] In 1923 he was a member of a squad organised by Third Lanark that toured South America.[4][5]

Tom Glancy
Third Lanark team during 1923 tour – Glancy kneeling, second from right
Personal information
Full name Thomas Glancy[1]
Date of birth 10 October 1894[1]
Place of birth Cowdenbeath, Scotland[1]
Date of death 11 February 1949(1949-02-11) (aged 54)[1]
Place of death Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Position(s) Wing half, inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cowdenbeath St Leonard's
0000–1914 Inverkeithing United
1914–1924 Falkirk 204 (36)
1924–1925 St Johnstone 30 (6)
1925–1934 Cowdenbeath 261 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Glancy was the cousin of footballer Lawrence Glancy and the father of junior footballer Watty Glancy.[2][6]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkirk 1914–15[1] Scottish Division One 38 5 — 38 5
1918–19[1] 10 1 — 10 1
1919–20[1] 33 3 1 0 34 3
1920–21[1] 30 10 4 1 34 11
1921–22[1] 38 8 2 2 40 10
1922–23[1] 29 7 3 1 32 8
1923–24[1] 26 2 3 2 29 4
Total 204 36 13 6 217 42
St Johnstone 1924–25[1] Scottish Division One 30 6 1 0 31 6
Cowdenbeath 1925–26[1] Scottish Division One 26 3 1 0 27 3
1926–27[1] 26 3 2 0 28 3
1927–28[1] 28 1 2 0 30 1
1928–29[1] 20 2 3 0 23 2
1929–30[1] 30 1 2 0 32 1
1930–31[1] 35 2 1 0 36 2
1931–32[1] 33 0 2 0 35 0
1932–33[1] 34 2 2 0 36 2
1933–34[1] 29 0 2 0 31 0
Total 261 14 17 0 278 14
Career total 495 56 31 6 526 62

Honours

Falkirk

  • Falkirk Infirmary Shield: 1914–15, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22[7]
  • Stirlingshire Redding Pit Disaster Benefit Cup: 1923–24[7]

Individual

References
  1. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. "Tom Glancy". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. "Glancy Thomas Falkirk 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. "Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. Potter, David (15 August 2009). Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84502-578-6.
  6. "Glancy, Lawrence". The Celtic Wiki. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. Meffen, John. "Falkirk FC Players to 1938/39" (PDF). p. 40. Retrieved 17 April 2021.


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