Peter Thompson (footballer, born 1942)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Thompson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 November 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Carlisle, England | ||
Date of death | 30 December 2018[2] | (aged 76)||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1957–1960 | Preston North End | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1963 | Preston North End | 121 | (20) |
1963–1973 | Liverpool | 323 | (42) |
1973–1978 | Bolton Wanderers | 117 | (2) |
Total | 561 | (64) | |
National team | |||
1964–1970 | England | 16 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Peter Thompson (27 November 1942 – 30 December 2018) was an English footballer. He was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He made 560 appearances in the Football League playing for Preston North End, Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers.[3]
Thompson played as an outside left for the Liverpool team which had major successes in the 1960s.[4] He was capped 16 times for England.[1]
On 31 December 2018, it was announced Thompson died at the age of 76.[5]
Honours
[change | change source]Preston North End
- FA Youth Cup runners-up: 1959-60
Liverpool
- First Division champions: 1963–64, 1965–66
- First Division runners-up: 1968–69
- FA Cup winners: 1964-65[6]
- FA Cup runners-up: 1970-71[7]
- European Cup Winners' Cup runners-up: 1965-66[8]
- Charity Shield winners: 1964 (shared), 1965, 1966[4]
Bolton Wanderers
- Second Division champions: 1977–78
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Peter Thompson". Englandstats. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ↑ "Celebrating the Life of Peter Thompson". Lfchistory.net. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ "Peter Thompson". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Past Player Profile: Peter Thompson". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ↑ Pearce, James (31 December 2018). "Reds legend Callaghan pays tribute to Peter Thompson after death". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ Macdonald, Neil (14 October 2009). "Key game: Liverpool vs Leeds United, FA Cup final, May 1, 1965". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ↑ Bevan, Chris (3 January 2007). "Were you there?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ↑ "1965/66: Stan the man for Dortmund". UEFA. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.