Tommy Morrison

Morrison made his first appearance for Glentoran on 18 April 1891, in a Charity Cup game against Ulster at Solitude. He scored in that match which was abandoned with the Glens trailing 4–1. The following season (1891–92) saw Morrison score 11 goals in just nine games, including a hat-trick in the Irish League against Ligoniel. Two seasons later, he was part of Glentoran's Irish-League winning side before moving to English football. Morrison transferred to Burnley in March 1894 and made his debut in a game on 10 March against Derby County; he scored one goal in a 3–1 victory. Early the following season he was dismissed by the Burnley committee for misconduct. Morrison had another spell with Glentoran and a largely unsuccessful stint with Celtic in Scotland. He is credited by the club's manager Willie Maley with being the first native Irishman to play for Celtic, meaning that a Protestant from East Belfast was the first Irish signing for a club with an overwhelmingly Catholic Irish reputation. He won the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup soon after arriving in 1895, scoring in the win over Rangers in the final, and played a small part in helping the Bhoys win the 1896 Scottish Football League championship with five appearances, but made only eight more over the next seven months. Morrison returned to Burnley in February 1897. The following season, he helped them to the Second Division title in 1898. He remained at Burnley until the 1902–03 season when he signed for Manchester…

Morrison made his debut for Ireland in March 1895. Ireland lost the game 9–0 to England in Derby. All seven of Morrison's Ireland caps came in Home International Championship games. His last cap came on 22 March 1902, in a 1–0 defeat to England in Belfast.

Morrison was the youngest of five sons born to James Morrison and Annie (née McMillan). The first three boys were born in Scotland and the youngest of them, Bob, was also an Ireland international who played for Linfield at club level. Another brother, Alex, also played for Glentoran in the 1890s.