Jack Thompson (footballer, born 1892)

This article is about the Sheffield United and Bristol City outside right. For the Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion right back, see Jack Thompson (1920s footballer). For other footballers, see Jack Thompson.

Jack Thompson
Personal information
Date of birth (1892-07-22)22 July 1892
Place of birth Redcar, England
Date of death 1 October 1969(1969-10-01) (aged 77)
Place of death Bath, England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
South Bank
1913–1914 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
1914–1920 Sheffield United 21 (1)
1920–1922 Bristol City 29 (1)
1922–1924 Bath City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John L. Thompson (22 July 1892 – 1 October 1969) was an English footballer who played for Sheffield United and Bristol City in the Football League.[1]

Playing career

Thompson initially gained prominence playing for Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, prompting the football committee at Bramall Lane(who oversaw all team affairs at this stage) to bring him to Sheffield United at the start of the 1914–15 season.[2] With a settled side already in place he found it difficult to break into the first team and with the outbreak of war he was the first United player to join up for active duty, serving with the Royal Engineers.[2] After the war he continued to make sporadic appearances for the Blades until 1920 when he asked to be transferred to a club in the south of the country for personal reasons.[2]

He was duly signed by Bristol City for £500. He stayed there for two years before joining Bath City.[2]

Post football

Following his retirement from playing he became a cinema manager in Treharris until 1939 after which he worked for J. S. Fry & Sons, the chocolate manufacturer where he trained the company football team.[2] He died in Bath in 1969 following a car accident.[2]

References

  1. ^ Michael Joyce (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham (2008). Sheffield United Who's Who. Hallamshire Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-874718-69-7.