Tom Forsyth

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Tom Forsyth
Personnel
Surname Thomas Forsyth
birthday January 23, 1949
place of birth Glasgow ,  Scotland
date of death August 14, 2020
size 183 cm
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1967-1972 Motherwell FC 151 (17)
1972-1982 Glasgow Rangers 230 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1971-1978 Scotland 22 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Thomas "Tom" Forsyth (born January 23, 1949 in Glasgow ; † August 14, 2020 ) was a Scottish football player on the position of defender .

career

During his entire professional career , Forsyth was only under contract with two clubs: In 1967 he began his career at the then still underclass FC Motherwell and in October 1972 he moved to the Glasgow Rangers , with whom he was three times Scottish champion and a total of nine times the Scottish Cup or Cup. won the league cup .

Forsyth played his first international appearance for the Scottish national team on June 9, 1971 in an away game against Denmark (0: 1) as part of the European Championship qualification . Another use followed on October 17, 1973 in an away game against Czechoslovakia (0-1) in the World Cup qualification . Forsyth had to wait until 1976 for his third international match, but then became a regular in the national team and completed a total of twenty internationals over the next two years. The highlight of his career in the national team was participation in the Football World Cup in 1978 , in which he was used in all preliminary round matches of the Bravehearts .

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Tom Forsyth
personal data
SURNAME Forsyth, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forsyth, Thomas (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2020