Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur John Thurman | ||
Date of birth | 8 May 1874 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Date of death | 30 May 1900(1900-05-30) (aged 26) | ||
Place of death | Boshof, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Wing Half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1897–1898 | Gedling Grove | ||
1898–1899 | Notts County | 2 | (0) |
Total | 2 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Arthur John Thurman (8 May 1874 – 30 May 1900) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County.
Personal life
Thurman was married with two children. He worked as a railway clerk and was a former soldier in the South Nottinghamshire Hussars. In January 1900, he volunteered for service in the Second Boer War and was made a sergeant in the Imperial Yeomanry. On 30 May 1900, he died in Boshof of typhoid fever.
References
- ^ Arthur Thurman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Death of a South Notts. Hussar". Evening Post. 4 June 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Presentation to a Midland Railway Yeomanry Volunteer". Evening Telegraph. 24 January 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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- 1874 births
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- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- English Football League players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Footballers from Nottingham
- Imperial Yeomanry soldiers
- British military personnel killed in the Second Boer War
- Military personnel from Nottingham
- South Nottinghamshire Hussars soldiers
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- Volunteer Force soldiers
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