Jack Thompson (footballer)

Jack Thompson

Personal information
Full name	John L. Thompson
Date of birth	22 July 1892
Place of birth	Redcar, England
Date of death	1 October 1969 (aged 77)
Place of death	Bath, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Outside Right
Youth career
	South Bank
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1913–1914	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
1914–1920	Sheffield United	21	(2)
1920–1922	Bristol City
1922–1924	Bath City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

John "Jack" L. Thompson (born 22 July 1892 in Redcar, died October 1969 in Bath) was an English footballer who played for Sheffield United and Bristol City in The Football League.

Playing career

Thompson initially gained prominence playing for Scunthorpe & Lindsey United, prompting the football committee at Bramall Lane(who oversaw all team affairs at this stage) to bring him to Sheffield United at the start of the 1914–15 season.^[1] With a settled side already in place he found it difficult to break into the first team and with the outbreak of war he was the first United player to join up for active duty, serving with the Royal Engineers.^[1] After the war he continued to make sporadic appearances for the Blades until 1920 when he asked to be transferred to a club in the south of the country for personal reasons.^[1]

He was duly signed by Bristol City for £500, where he stayed for two years before joining Bath City.^[1]

Post football

Following his retirement from playing he became a cinema manager in Treharris until 1939 after which he worked for J. S. Fry & Sons, the chocolate manufacturer where he trained the company football team.^[1] He died in Bath in 1969 following a car accident.^[1]

References

1. Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham (2008). Sheffield United Who's Who. Hallamshire Press. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-874718-69-7.