George Thompson (footballer, born 1895)

George Thompson
Personal information
Full name George Thompson
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Ashington, England
Playing position Fullback
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1914–1921 Burnley 5 (0)
1921–1923 Rotherham County 37 (0)
1923–1926 Ashington 59 (2)
1926–1928 Pegswood United ? (?)
1928–1929 Ashington 1 (0)
Total 102 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

George Thompson (born 1895, date of death unknown) was an English professional association football player who played as a fullback.

Born in Ashington, he began his career with Football League First Division side Burnley and made five league appearances for the club in the 1919–20 season, as the side achieved a second-placed finish in the league. He played no matches in the following season as the Clarets were crowned champions of England, and moved to Rotherham County in the summer of 1921. He spent two seasons in Rotherham, playing a total of 37 league games for the club before transferring to Football League Third Division North outfit Ashington, his hometown club. In three seasons, he played 59 matches in the league before leaving the club at the end of the 1925–26 campaign.

Thompson then spent two seasons in non-league football with Pegswood United, before re-joining Ashington in 1928. In his second spell with the club he made just one league appearance as the side finished bottom of their division, and failed re-election to the league at the end of the 1928–1929 season.

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