Thomas Cleghorn (born June 1871) was a Scottish footballer who played as a half back. He made 101 appearances in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool in which he scored three goals. Having began his career with Scottish Football League club Leith Athletic he also went on to play in the Southern and Western Leagues for Portsmouth and Plymouth Argyle.Born in the Scottish burgh of Leith Cleghorn began his playing career with his local club Leith Athletic. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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