Tom Boland
Encyclopedia
Thomas Boland was a Scottish
professional footballer
who played as a half back
. Boland was playing for St Joseph's when he became Dundee Hibernian's
first-ever signing on 28 May 1909. Boland played his last game exactly eight years after his début and stayed with the club for a short spell as a trainer. It is unknown where he went after this.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
professional footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who played as a half back
Wing half
In association football, the position of wing half or wing half back) was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries...
. Boland was playing for St Joseph's when he became Dundee Hibernian's
Dundee United F.C.
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...
first-ever signing on 28 May 1909. Boland played his last game exactly eight years after his début and stayed with the club for a short spell as a trainer. It is unknown where he went after this.