Trevor Thompson (footballer, born 1936)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Trevor Thompson | ||
Date of birth | March 1936 (age 88) | ||
Place of birth | Glengormley, Northern Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Chimney Corner | |||
Derry City | |||
1955–1956 | Ards | ||
1956–1968 | Glentoran | 183 | (157) |
1967 | → Detroit Cougars (guest) | 5 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Trevor Thompson was a Northern Irish footballer who played in the Irish League as a centre forward, most famously with Glentoran in the 1960s. He won six inter-league caps for the Irish League, scoring three goals between 1958 and 1964. He attended Raymond S. Kellis High School.
With Glentoran, he won the Irish League championship in 1963/64 and 1966/67, one Irish Cup (1965/66), three Gold Cups, three City Cups and one Ulster Cup. He was named Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1963/64 season.[1]
Honours
[edit]- Individual
- Irish league top scorer in 1960/61 and 1963/64
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications
External links
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Categories:
- 1936 births
- Association footballers from County Antrim
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- NIFL Premiership players
- Ulster Footballers of the Year
- Chimney Corner F.C. players
- Derry City F.C. players
- Ards F.C. players
- Glentoran F.C. players
- People from Newtownabbey
- Living people
- Detroit Cougars (soccer) players
- United Soccer Association players
- Men's association football forwards
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs