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Place of birth
  
Glasgow, Scotland

Name
  
Tom Jarvie

19xx–1935
  
Douglas Water Thistle

Playing position
  
Half back

Place of death
  
Crawley, England


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Date of birth
  
(1916-06-08)8 June 1916

Date of death
  
1 February 2011(2011-02-01) (aged 94)

Tom Jarvie (8 June 1916 – 1 February 2011) was a Scottish professional footballer, veterinary surgeon and television personality

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Early and personal life

Born in Glasgow and raised in Douglas, Jarvie was married with two sons.

Football career

After beginning his career in Junior football with Douglas Water Thistle, before turning professional in 1935 with Hamilton Academical. Due to the disruptive effect that World War II had on football, Jarvie played a number of unofficial wartime games for Rangers, Hibernian, Falkirk and Third Lanark. During the 1950s he was player-manager of Crawley Town.

Veterinary career

After graduating from the University of Glasgow with a degree in veterinary medicine, Jarvie moved to England to practice, where he was a colleague of James Herriot, author of the All Creatures Great and Small series of books. He was also a vet on children's TV show Blue Peter from the 1960s to the 1980s.

References

Tom Jarvie Wikipedia


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