Lawrie Thomson

Lawrie Thomson
Personal information
Full name	Lawrence James Thomson
Date of birth	26 August 1936
Place of birth	Menstrie, Scotland
Date of death	10 March 2006 (aged 69)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
?–1955	Bo'ness United
1955–1960	Partick Thistle
1960–1960	Carlisle United
1960–1962	St Johnstone
1962–1963	Alloa Athletic
1963–1964	Ashford Town
1964–1968	Margate
1968–1968	Folkestone
1968–1969	Hastings United
1969–1972	Canterbury City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lawrence James "Lawrie" Thomson (26 August 1936 – 10 March 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as a Forward. He represented Scotland at Youth^[2] level.

Lawrie began his senior career at Scottish Junior club Bo'ness United. In 1955 he joined Scottish League club Partick Thistle where he won a 1958 Scottish League Cup runners-up medal. Early in 1960 Lawrie moved to English League Carlisle United but returned to Scotland with St Johnstone at the start of the 1960-61 season. He subsequently moved to Alloa Athletic for the 1962-63 campaign.

Thereafter until his retirement from playing in 1972 Lawrie appeared for a series of English non-league Southern League teams:^[2] Ashford Town; Margate; Folkestone; Hastings United and Canterbury City.

In 1977, he emigrated^[2] to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

References

^ "Lawrie Thomson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Laurie (Lawrie) Thomson Profile". Jeff Trice's Margate History Website: margatefchistory.com. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

External links

Lawrie Thomson at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Lawrie (Laurie) Thomson, Jeff Trice Margate FC history

[1] "Lawrie Thomson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[KTMH-2] "Laurie (Lawrie) Thomson Profile". Jeff Trice's Margate History Website: margatefchistory.com. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

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