Alfred Thompson (footballer, died 1969)

Alfred Thompson
	Thompson while with Brentford in 1920.
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Alexander Thompson[1]
Date of birth	28 April 1891
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Date of death	19 April 1969 (aged 77)
Place of death	Waltham Forest, England
Position(s)	Inside forward
Youth career
1910–1913	Liverpool
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alfred Alexander Thompson (28 April 1891 – 19 April 1969) was an English professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Glossop and Brentford.

Career

An inside forward, Thompson began his career in the Football League as a youth with Liverpool,[1] before joining with Glossop.[2] He moved to Woolwich Arsenal, where he failed to make a first team appearance and instead spent his time with the club in the reserves.[2] Thompson later dropped into non-league football and had a spell with Birmingham & District League club Walsall.[2] After the First World War, Thompson signed for Southern League First Division club Brentford.[2] He scored eight goals in 28 appearances during the 1919–20 season and earned another shot at league football, with Brentford being elected into the new Third Division for the 1920–21 season.[2] He managed 16 appearances and two goals and was released at the end of the season.[2] Thompson dropped into non-league football and linked up with former Brentford teammate Jimmy Hodson at Southern League South Division club Guildford United.[2] He later played for Tunbridge Wells Rangers.[1]

Thompson served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[3]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1919–20[4]	Southern League First Division	28	8	1	0	29	8
Brentford	1920–21[4]	Third Division	15	2	0	0	15	2
Career total			43	10	1	0	44	10

Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 285. ISBN 190589161X.
Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 159. ISBN 978-0955294914.
"Alfred Alexander Thompson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 365–366. ISBN 0951526200.

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