John Thornley (footballer, born 1885)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John William Thornley[1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1885[1] | ||
Place of birth | Hayfield, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 31 March 1918[3] | (aged 32)||
Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1902–1906 | Glossop | 5 | (0) |
1905 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John William Thornley (19 September 1885 – 31 March 1918) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop as a forward.[2][4]
Personal life
[edit]Thornley was born in September 1885 in Hayfield, Derbyshire to Thomas and Henrietta Thornley and was baptised the following March in Whitfield, Derbyshire.[1][2][3] His elder brother Irvine was also a footballer.[5] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Thornley enlisted as a private in the Cheshire Regiment.[2] He was wounded at the Battle of St Quentin and died of his wounds on 31 March 1918.[2][5] Thornley was buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813–1916
- ^ a b c d e Froggatt, Mark. "The players we lost in war". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 288. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "John Thornley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1918 deaths
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Cheshire Regiment soldiers
- English men's footballers
- People from Hayfield, Derbyshire
- Footballers from Derbyshire
- Military personnel from Derbyshire
- Burials in Hauts-de-France
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs