Albert Thompson (footballer, born 1885)

Albert Thompson
Personal information
Full name	Albert John Thompson
Date of birth	1885
Place of birth	Louth, England
Date of death	14 June 1956 (aged 70–71)
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team
1903–1904	Grimsby Rovers
1904–1905	Grimsby Town
1905–1906	Grimsby Rovers
1906–1907	Grimsby St John's
1907–19??	Grimsby Rovers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert John Thompson (1885 – 14 June 1956) was an English amateur footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Grimsby Town.^[1]^[2]

Personal life[edit]

Thompson's younger brother Ralph also played for Grimsby Town and was killed on the first day on the Somme.^[3] His father John was a builder and chairman of Grimsby Town in 1905 and 1906.^[3] Thompson served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and later rose to become a director of the Ross Group.^[3] For approximately forty years after retiring from football, Thompson wrote football stories for the Grimsby News under a pen name.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 285. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 100. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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[Joyce-1] Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 285. ISBN 978-1905891610.

[2] Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 100. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.

[shonamcisaac-3] "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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