Player Profile

Tom Morrison was born in the Ayrshire village of Coylton and began his playing career with local side Troon Athletic from where he signed for St. Mirren in 1923. He was to make his debut in a Renfrewshire Victoria Cup match later that year at right half. 

Such was his performance in that match, that he was promoted to the first team and quickly became a permanent fixture in the side with his strong, uncompromising tackling and his creative build up play.

He has been described by many as 'one of those players who hardly ever played a bad game' and this was to endear him to the Saints support over the next five seasons.

Highlight of his career with Saints was the Scottish Cup campaign of 1925-26. This was not to have a good start for him as he missed a penalty in the second round match against Arbroath at Gayfield. Fortunately the match ended 0-0 and St.Mirren were to win 3-0 at Love Street in the replay. Tom was to make up for this miss in the semi final when his free kick set up Jamie Thomson to score what turned out to be the winner against Rangers and set up a final against Celtic.

Once again Tom Morrison was to play his part in the final when his inch perfect corner was headed home by Davie McCrae to seal a memorable 2-0 victory.

The following season saw his performances earn him an international cap when he played for Scotland against England at Hampden on the 2nd April 1927. Unfortunately the match ended 2-1 to England.

1927-28 was to see him leave Love Street, when, remarkably and to the dismay of the fans, the St.Mirren board decided to allow him to join Liverpool in October 1927 for £4,000.

This decision was to backfire on Saints when a few days later, with an unbalanced midfield they lost 5-0 to Partick Thistle!

He was to play over 250 games for Liverpool over the next seven years, before rejoining former Saints manager John Cochran at Sunderland in 1935. Cochran was to switch Tom from midfield to Right back and he was to play there in the Sunderland team that won the First Division in 1935-36.

After Sunderland he played non-league football in Cambridgeshire before he moved to Drumcondra in Ireland as a coach.