Tommy Johnston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tommy Johnston

Scottish footballer

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1927

Place of Birth: Loanhead, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Sep-2008

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Tommy Johnston

  • Thomas Bourhill Johnston (18 August 1927 – 4 September 2008) was a Scottish professional footballer. Johnston was the top scorer of English Division 2 for the 1957–58 season with 43 goals for Leyton Orient and Blackburn Rovers.He had a withered arm, a legacy of an injury received while he was a miner and always played with this arm bandaged.
  • Johnston died in the early hours of 4 September 2008 in Australia.Upon hearing the news of Johnston's death in September 2008 O's chairman Barry Hearn immediately decided that Orient's south stand should be renamed The Tommy Johnston Stand.

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