Edward Thompson (footballer)

Edward William Thompson (July 1894 – 6 November 1918) was an English amateur footballer who made one appearance in the Football League for Fulham as a left back.[1]

Edward Thompson
Personal information
Full name Edward William Thompson[1]
Date of birth July 1894[2]
Place of birth Prudhoe, England
Date of death 6 November 1918 (1918-11-07) (aged 24)[3]
Place of death Bermeries, France[4]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1914 Spen Black and White
1914–1915 Fulham 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Thompson worked as a putter and stoneman at Emma Colliery, Ryton.[5] He enlisted as a private in the Scots Guards in February 1917, during the First World War.[5] Two months later, his brother Charlton was killed in France while serving with the Durham Light Infantry.[6] Thompson was involved in the Battle of the Sambre-Oise Canal on 4 November 1918, and was killed in action while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards at Bermeries two days later,[4] just five days before the armistice with Germany. He was one of the two last English footballers to die in the war, dying on the same day as George Lake.[3] He was buried in Bermeries Communal Cemetery.[2][3]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1914–15[2] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 286. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Edward Thompson". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. "Casualty Details: Edward Thompson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. "Fulham Players and the First World War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Edward William Thompson". Ryton And District War Memorials Project. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. "Casualty Details: Charlton Thompson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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