Thomas McQueen (21 February 1929 – 10 February 2015) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper in both the Scottish and English Football Leagues. He was the father of former

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defender

Gordon McQueen Gordon McQueen (born 26 June 1952) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for St Mirren, Leeds United and Manchester United. McQueen also represented Scotland. Playing career Club McQueen was a goalkeeper as a ...

Career

Raised in

Kilbirnie Kilbirnie ( Gaelic: ''Cill Bhraonaigh'') is a small town of 7,280 (as of 2001) inhabitants situated in the Garnock Valley area of North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around southwest of Glasgow and approximately from Paisle ...

, as a youth McQueen was signed for

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

by former

international George Stevenson, who came from the same town. He made no first team appearances at the club and after short spells at Leith Athletic and

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

, joined his local

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side, Kilbirnie Ladeside. His four years at the club culminated in a victorious

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final appearance in 1952, with Ladeside defeating Camelon Juniors 1–0 in front of 69,959 supporters at

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(the Camelon side contained John Hansen, father of future Scotland internationalists

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and

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). McQueen's success at that level earned him a move to reigning Scottish League champions Hibernian, but he was unable to dislodge incumbent goalkeeper

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and made only three league appearances for the Edinburgh side. He moved on to Queen of the South in 1953 before joining the large Scots colony at

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under manager

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. McQueen made eighty appearances for Accrington and his renowned long kicking became a tactic in the club's most successful era. Returning to Scotland, McQueen played out his career with East Fife,

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and

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

. After retiring, McQueen returned to his trade as a joiner while in his spare time, he was a successful breeder of Border canaries as well as being a member of

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. McQueen died 11 days before his 86th birthday at the

University Hospital Crosshouse University Hospital Crosshouse, known locally as Crosshouse Hospital or simply Crosshouse is a large district general hospital at Crosshouse near Kilmarnock, Scotland. It provides services to the North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire areas and is man ...

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. He was survived by his three children, including former Scotland international and Leeds United defender

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, and Iain who is assistant secretary and treasurer of the

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. He was also the grandfather of

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presenter

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Honours

; Kilburnie Laeside *

: 1951–52 * Western League: 1951–52

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McQueen, Tom 1929 births 2015 deaths Men's association football goalkeepers Hibernian F.C. players Footballers from West Lothian Motherwell F.C. players Leith Athletic F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players East Fife F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish men's footballers People from West Calder People from Kilbirnie Footballers from North Ayrshire

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