John Thornley

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John Thornley
Personal information
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(1918-03-31) (aged 32)[3]
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

John William Thornley (19 September 1885 – 31 March 1918) was an English amateur football forward who played in the Football League for Glossop.[2][4]

Personal life[]

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[]

  1. ^ a b c Derbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813–1916
  2. ^ a b c d e Froggatt, Mark. "The players we lost in war". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  4. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 288. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  5. ^ a b "John Thornley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2018.


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