Edward Thompson (footballer)

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Edward Thompson
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 (1918-11-07) (aged 24)[3]
Place of death Bermeries, France[4]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1914 Spen Black and White
1914–1915 Fulham 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Personal life[edit]

Thompson 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]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 286. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c "Edward Thompson". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Edward Thompson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Fulham Players and the First World War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Edward William Thompson". Ryton And District War Memorials Project. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Casualty Details: Charlton Thompson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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