Tommy Bannan

Thomas Neilson Bannan (13 April 1930 – 4 May 2004) was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 23 goals from 29 appearances in the Scottish Football League playing for Airdrieonians and Stenhousemuir, and 117 goals from 338 appearances in the English Football League playing for Wrexham, Lincoln City and Barrow. He played as a centre forward or inside right.

Career Bannan was born in Darngavel, near Airdrie in Lanarkshire.

Bannan scored on his Wrexham debut, on 18 August 1951 against Chester. He became a regular in the first team, averaging 45 games a season in all competitions, and his goalscoring was such that he was their leading scorer in his second, third and fourth seasons, with 22, 18 and 19 goals respectively. In 1958–59, his last year with the club, he again finished as top scorer, this time with 17 goals. He retired at the end of the 1960–61 season.

Bannan died on 4 May 2004 aged 74 and was buried with his wife Mary McKay at St Joseph's Cemetery, Rochsoles in Airdrie.