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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward William Thompson [1] | ||
Date of birth | July 1894 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | ||
Date of death | 6 November 1918[3] | (aged 24)||
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 |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward William Thompson [1] | ||
Date of birth | July 1894 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Prudhoe, England | ||
Date of death | 6 November 1918[3] | (aged 24)||
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 |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |