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Ralph Thompson
Personal information
Full name Ralph Motson Thompson[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Grimsby, England
Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 23–24)[2]
Place of death near Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France[2]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
George Street Wesleyans
Grimsby Rovers
Grimsby St John's
Grimsby Rovers
Heycroft Rovers
1913–1914 Grimsby Town 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ralph Motson Thompson (1892 – 1 July 1916) was an English amateur football outside left who made one appearance in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1]

Personal life

Thompson's father John was chairman of Grimsby Town in 1905 and 1906 and his brother Albert also played for the club.[3][4] In 1911, he was working as a trainee auctioneer.[3] Six weeks after the outbreak of the First World War, Thompson enlisted as a private in the Lincolnshire Regiment on 17 September 1914.[5] While serving with the Grimsby Chums, he was wounded in the neck, arm and spine during the attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the first day of the Somme in 1916.[6][7] He could not be evacuated and was later found and buried.[7] Thompson is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grimsby Town 1914–15[8] Second Division 11 0 0 0 11 0
Career total 11 0 0 0 11 0

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 286. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Grimsby Town Accounts". www.extra-gtfc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Ralph Motson Thompson | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Private Ralph Motson THOMPSON – Lochnagar Crater" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b "THOMPSON, Ralph Motson | Lincs to the Past". Retrieved 5 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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