Tommy Craig
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Brooks Craig | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1968 | Aberdeen | 45 | (8) |
| 1968–1974 | Sheffield Wednesday | 214 | (38) |
| 1974–1977 | Newcastle United | 124 | (22) |
| 1977–1979 | Aston Villa | 27 | (2) |
| 1979–1981 | Swansea City | 52 | (9) |
| 1981–1984 | Carlisle United | 98 | (10) |
| 1984–1985 | Hibernian | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 571 | (89) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1998 | Scotland U21 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Charleroi | ||
| 2014 | St Mirren | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Thomas Brooks "Tommy" Craig (born 21 November 1950 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football player and coach. Craig had an 18-year playing career as a midfielder, playing over 100 league games for English clubs Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United. Towards the end of his playing career he became a coach, and he has worked for clubs including Hibernian, Celtic, Aberdeen, Newcastle and St Mirren.
Craig was a midfielder who started his playing career at Aberdeen. In 1969 Sheffield Wednesday paid £100,000 for his services, a club record transfer fee at the time, as well as a British record for a teenager. Craig scored 37 league goals for Wednesday, including many from the penalty spot. During his time at the club, Wednesday were relegated from the top flight following Craig's first full season, and they continued to struggle in Division Two, finally being relegated again shortly after he left for Newcastle United in 1974. While at the club, Craig was the fan favorite and was described as "an adopted Geordie".
After leaving Newcastle he went on to join Ron Saunders' Aston Villa, however, his stay was short lived as Saunders was clearing the decks in order to turn Villa into the Championship and European Cup winning force of the early 1980s. He subsequently moved on to Swansea City, Carlisle United and Hibernian before becoming a coach.
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