Thomas Bourhill Johnston (18 August 1927 – 4 September 2008) was a Scottish professional

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who scored 256 goals from 425 appearances in the Scottish and English Football Leagues. Johnston was the

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top scorer for the 1957–58 season with 43 goals for

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and

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. He was Orient's all-time top scorer and in 1999 was voted their greatest player of all time. He had a withered arm, a legacy of an injury received while he was a miner, and always played with this arm bandaged. Johnston and his family emigrated to Australia in 1972, and he died in

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, on 4 September 2008. The south stand at Orient's

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ground was named the Tommy Johnston Stand in his honour, and his ashes were interred there.

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