Английская Википедия:Albert Thompson (footballer, born 1885)

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Albert John Thompson (1885 – 14 June 1956) was an English amateur footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Grimsby Town.[1][2]

Personal life

Thompson's younger brother Ralph also played for Grimsby Town and was killed on the first day on the Somme.[3] His father John was a builder and chairman of Grimsby Town in 1905 and 1906.[3] Thompson served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and later rose to become a director of the Ross Group.[3] For approximately forty years after retiring from football, Thompson wrote football stories for the Grimsby News under a pen name.[3]

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