Thomas McQueen was a Scottish football player who played goalkeeper in both the Scottish and English Football Leagues. He was born on February 21, 1929, and he died on February 10, 2015. He was best known as the father of former defender Gordon McQueen, who played for Scotland and Leeds United.
Early in his career, George Stevenson, a former Scotland international, signed McQueen to play for Motherwell. He didn’t play any games for the first team, though. He briefly played for Leith Athletic and Alloa Athletic before joining Kilbirnie Ladeside, a local junior team.
His four years with the team came to a successful conclusion in 1952 with a stirring triumph in the Scottish Junior Cup final. In front of 69,959 spectators, Kilbirnie Ladeside defeated Camelon Juniors 1-0 at Hampden Park. The father of future Scotland internationals Alan and John, John Hansen, was a member of the Camelon team, it should be noted.
Due to McQueen’s achievement, Hibernian, the current Scottish League champions, recruited him. He only made three league appearances for the Edinburgh club, though, as he found it difficult to replace the club’s veteran goalie Tommy Younger.
In 1953, he later joined Queen of the South before joining the sizeable Scottish community in Accrington Stanley, which was run by Walter Galbraith.
McQueen played eighty games for Accrington and earned a reputation for his outstanding long kicks, which were used to their advantage during the club’s most successful period. After moving back to Scotland, McQueen finished his career by playing for East Fife, Berwick Rangers, and Stranraer.