Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Alexander Jackson | ||
Date of birth | 12 November 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Thornliebank, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 9 October 1916 | (aged 37)||
Place of death | Somme, France | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1895–1898 | Thornliebank | ||
1898–1910 | St Mirren | 200 | (3) |
1908–1909 | → Clyde (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1909 | → Bathgate (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1910–1912 | St Johnstone | 9 | (0) |
1912–1913 | Motherwell | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
1902–1905[1] | Scottish League XI | 3 | (0) |
1904–1907[2] | Scotland | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Alexander Jackson (12 November 1878 – 9 October 1916)[3] was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back for St Mirren, Bathgate, St Johnstone and Scotland.[4][5][6][7] He is the only serving St Mirren player to have been captain of his country.[8]
Jackson was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme the First World War in France while serving as a Private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and is buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont.[3][9]