Thompson Kirkham
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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)
| 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]
