| Tom Doonan |
 Thomas Doonan was born on Thursday, 5th October, 1922, in West Calder, West Lothian. The forward signed for Donald Turner's Thistle on Wednesday, 14th June, 1944 (after a trial game), having most recently been with West Calder Home Guard. Aged 21, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 10th June, 1944, in a 3-2 win away to Third Lanark in the Summer Cup. That day, Tom became a member of our scoring debutant's club. He scored the last of his 12 goals on Saturday, 6th October, 1945, in a 4-1 defeat away to Celtic in the Southern League. That turned out to be his last game for the club, having appeared as a Jag on 13 occasions. His club-list included West Calder Home Guard, Partick Thistle, Forth Rangers, Albion Rovers, Bradford City and Tranmere Rovers. Tom died in December, 1998, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, aged 76. *
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| compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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| 21y, 8m, 5d | |
10.06.1944 Third Lanark [a] W3-2 (Summer Cup 1st Round, 2nd leg) agg: W6-3 |
| 21y, 8m, 12d | |
17.06.1944 Clyde [h] L1-3 (Summer Cup Quarter Final, 1st leg) |
| 22y, 0m, 9d | |
14.10.1944 St Mirren [h] W3-0 (Southern League - game 9) |
| 22y, 1m, 6d | |
11.11.1944 Third Lanark [a] L1-4 (Southern League - game 13) |
| 22y, 2m, 18d | |
23.12.1944 Heart of Midlothian [a] D3-3 (Southern League - game 19) |
| 22y, 2m, 25d | |
30.12.1944 Morton [h] W3-2 (Southern League - game 20) |
| 22y, 2m, 28d | |
02.01.1945 Falkirk [a] L1-2 (Southern League - game 21) |
| 22y, 3m, 1d | |
06.01.1945 Hamilton Academical [h] W3-1 (Southern League - game 22) |
| 22y, 5m, 19d | |
24.03.1945 Clyde [a] L1-6 (Southern League Cup Section B - game 5) |
| 23y, 0m, 1d | |
06.10.1945 Celtic [a] L1-4 (Southern League, Division A - game 9) |
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