Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ralph Motson Thompson | ||
Date of birth | 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Grimsby, England | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 23–24) | ||
Place of death | near Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
George Street Wesleyans | |||
Grimsby Rovers | |||
Grimsby St John's | |||
Grimsby Rovers | |||
Heycroft Rovers | |||
1913–1914 | Grimsby Town | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ralph Motson Thompson (1892 – 1 July 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town as an outside left.
Personal life
Thompson's father John was chairman of Grimsby Town in 1905 and 1906 and his brother Albert also played for the club. Thompson himself was educated at Silcoates School and in 1911, he was working as a trainee auctioneer. Six weeks after the outbreak of the First World War, Thompson enlisted as a private in the Lincolnshire Regiment on 17 September 1914. While serving with the Grimsby Chums, he was wounded in the neck, arm and spine during the attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the first day of the Somme in 1916. He could not be evacuated and was later found and buried. Thompson is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grimsby Town | 1914–15 | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Career total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 286. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- "Grimsby Town Accounts". www.extra-gtfc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- "Ralph Motson Thompson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- "Private Ralph Motson Thompson" (PDF). Lochnagar Crater. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Thompson, Ralph Motson". Lincs to the Past. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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