Thompson Kirkham

Thompson Kirkham

Personal information
Full name	Thompson Noble Kirkham[1]
Date of birth	10 December 1901[2]
Place of birth	Felling, County Durham, England
Date of death	q1 1986 (aged 84)
Place of death	Gateshead, England
Playing position	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1923–1924	Darlington	19	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Thompson Noble Kirkham (10 December 1901 – q1 1986) was an English footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Darlington.

Kirkham was the third child of Thomas Gallon Kirkham, a lighterman, and his wife Elizabeth Jane. He was born in Felling, County Durham, where the family were living at the time of the 1911 Census.^[1] Described as a local lad, Kirkham had displaced Harry Hall from the outside-right position for Darlington by December 1923,^[3] and finished the season, and his Football League career, with 19 appearances in the Third Division North and one goal.^[4] His death was registered in early 1986 in Gateshead.^[2]

References

1. "1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 8 Stuart Terrace Felling, Heworth, Durham, England". Thompson Noble Kirkham. Age: 9. Birth place: Durham Felling. Census reference: RG14PN30403 RG78PN1747 RD557 SD1 ED12 SN316. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
2. "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". Thomson Roble Kirkham. Birth date:10 Dec 1901. Death quarter: 1. Death year: 1986. District: Gateshead. County: Durham. Register number: 186. Volume: 2. Page: 22. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
   "Gateshead Registration District". GENUKI. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
3. "To-day's football. Lincoln". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 December 1923. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
4. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.