Edward William Thompson (July 1894 – 6 November 1918) was an English amateur footballer who made one appearance in the Football League for Fulham as a left back.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward William Thompson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | July 1894[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 November 1918 (aged 24)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Bermeries, France[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1914 | Spen Black and White | ||
| 1914–1915 | Fulham | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editThompson worked as a putter and stoneman at Emma Colliery, Ryton.[5] He enlisted as a private in the Scots Guards in February 1917, during the First World War.[5] Two months later, his brother Charlton was killed in France while serving with the Durham Light Infantry.[6] Thompson was involved in the Battle of the Sambre-Oise Canal on 4 November 1918, and was killed in action while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards at Bermeries two days later,[4] just five days before the armistice with Germany. He was one of the two last English footballers to die in the war, dying on the same day as George Lake.[3] He was buried in Bermeries Communal Cemetery.[2][3]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 1914–15[2] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 286. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c "Edward Thompson". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Edward Thompson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Fulham Players and the First World War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Edward William Thompson". Ryton And District War Memorials Project. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Charlton Thompson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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