Ralph Thompson (footballer)

Ralph Thompson
Personal information
Full name Ralph Motson Thompson[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Grimsby, England
Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 23–24)[2]
Place of death Somme, France[2]
Playing position 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ralph Motson Thompson (1892–1 July 1916) was an English amateur football outside left who made one appearance in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1]

Personal life

Thompson served as a private in the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment during the First World War and was killed on the first day of the Somme in 1916.[2] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 286. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-19.


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