Thompson Kirkham
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thompson Noble Kirkham[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1901[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Felling, County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | q1 1986 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Gateshead, England | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1923–1924 | Darlington | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thompson Noble Kirkham (10 December 1901 – q1 1986) was an English footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Darlington.
Kirkham was the third child of Thomas Gallon Kirkham, a lighterman, and his wife Elizabeth Jane. He was born in Felling, County Durham, where the family were living at the time of the 1911 Census.[1] Described as a local lad, Kirkham had displaced Harry Hall from the outside-right position for Darlington by December 1923,[3] and finished the season, and his Football League career, with 19 appearances in the Third Division North and one goal.[4] His death was registered in early 1986 in Gateshead.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 8 Stuart Terrace Felling, Heworth, Durham, England". Thompson Noble Kirkham. Age: 9. Birth place: Durham Felling. Census reference: RG14PN30403 RG78PN1747 RD557 SD1 ED12 SN316. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via Findmypast.
- ^ a b "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". Thomson Roble Kirkham. Birth date:10 Dec 1901. Death quarter: 1. Death year: 1986. District: Gateshead. County: Durham. Register number: 186. Volume: 2. Page: 22. Retrieved 27 December 2014 – via Findmypast.
"Gateshead Registration District". GENUKI. Retrieved 27 December 2014. - ^ "To-day's football. Lincoln". Lincolnshire Echo. 8 December 1923. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
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