Thomas Vallance (27 May 1856 – 16 February 1935) was a Scottish football player. He made 38 Scottish Cup appearances for the Rangers club.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Vallance | ||
Date of birth | (1856-05-27)27 May 1856 | ||
Place of birth | Renton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 16 February 1935(1935-02-16) (aged 78) | ||
Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1874–1882 | Rangers | ||
1884 | Rangers | ||
National team | |||
1877–1881 | Scotland | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Before football, Vallance was a rower. He was noted as being abnormally tall for the times but was only around six feet two inches. He played at right-back for the Rangers from 1874 to 1882. He left Scotland on 22 February 1882 to take a position in Calcutta. He embarked on a career in the tea plantations of Assam but returned after a year suffering from blackwater fever.[1]
Vallance was also capped at international level, making seven appearances for Scotland between 1877 and 1881.[2]
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