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TOMMY GROZIER
Born: 25 August 1902
Came from: Rutherglen Glencairn Went to: Retired
First game: 14 April 1928 Last game: 26 October 1935
Appearances: 223 (223/0) Goals: 59
Grozier, an outside-right, was born in Rutherglen and began his playing days with his local junior club, Rutherglen Glencairn. He was recommended to Bob Jack by a scout Argyle used in his homeland and would have almost certainly been checked out himself by Jack on one of his many trips back north. He was a small and lively forward and went on to become an automatic choice for the Pilgrims in the 1930s, spending nine seasons in total at Home Park.
He joined Argyle - his only senior club - at the age of 25, and although not a prolific goal-scorer, became one of a select band of Argyle players to have scored four goals in one game, a 6-1 home win over Crystal Palace in December 1929.
Grozier made his debut on 14th April 1928 in a 1-0 home win over Brentford with Fred McKenzie scoring the only goal of the game. He made one other appearance that season and was restricted to just a single outing during the following campaign. With Fred Forbes, Sammy Black, Jack Leslie and Raymond Bowden all prolific scorers, the young right winger struggled to break into the first team.
When Forbes left for Bristol Rovers at the end of the 1928-29 season, it gave Tommy the opportunity he was looking for and he became a regular for the next six seasons. He finished second-top goalscorer for the club on two occasions, scoring 15 league goals in the 1930-31 season and 13 two seasons later, finishing behind club record scorer Sammy Black on both occasions.
Grozier played just five games of the 1935-36 season with his final appearance coming on 26th October at Gigg Lane in a 2-0 defeat against Bury. Despite turning out for the reserves, he was unable to break back into the first team and a newspaper article in January 1936 suggested that Argyle may have been prepared to consider offers from other clubs. At the end of the season, Grozier hung up his boots at the age of just 33. During his time at Home Park, he amassed 223 appearances and scored 59 goals and as of 2024, he was ranked 17th in the club's all-time leading scorers list across all competitions.
After retiring from football, he worked in the Dockyard as a Slinger (a crane signaller). He passed away in Plymouth, on 4th November 1960, aged 58.
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From David Junior Grozier in Coweta, Oklahoma, USA on 10/01/2016 ...
Tommy was my uncle and as good as he was I was told by my father [David Moyles Brown Grozier] that their sister Beth could outplay the boys! He also told me she was dubbed Lady Beth in Scotland. I don't know if this is true, if you could check this out it may be an interesting addition to uncle Tommy's publication. I'm doing our family tree at present and their were seven kids in the family, four sons and three daughters (Jeanie b.1900, Elizabeth b.1901, James b.1905, b.David 1906, b.Thomas 1907, Isabelle b.? and John b.?). If I can be of any further help please let me know and if you can give me any information on his siblings I would appreciate it. As far as I know they were all born in Rutherglen, just outside of Glasgow. Thank you and I enjoyed the write up on uncle Tommy. I have a grandson [Bryce Grozier, 12 years old] the team he plays on in Phoenix, Arizona, USA won the State competition last year and he scored a goal in the final game. I hope he is following in his great uncle's footsteps!
Thank you, David J. Grozier.
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