| Benny Thomson | |
| Fullname: | Benjamin Thomson |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1913[1] |
| Birth Place: | Saltcoats, Scotland |
| Death Place: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Position: | Winger[2] |
| Years1: | – |
| Clubs1: | Kilwinning Rangers |
| Years2: | 1934–1939 |
| Clubs2: | Kilmarnock |
| Caps2: | 147 |
| Goals2: | 39 |
Benjamin Thomson (8 June 1913 – 12 November 1940) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger in the Scottish Football League for Kilmarnock.[3] [4] He featured in both matches of the replayed 1938 Scottish Cup Final, scoring in the second (the last of eight he scored in the competition, including two in the semi-final victory over Rangers) although his side lost 4–2 to East Fife.
Thomson was married and served as a fireman and trimmer in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. Posted aboard the steamer, he was killed in action when the ship was sunk by German aircraft in the North Atlantic Ocean at position .[5] Thomson is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
| Season | Division | League | Scottish Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Kilmarnock | 1934–35 | Scottish Division One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1935–36 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 11 | |||
| 1936–37 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 11 | |||
| 1937–38 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 20 | |||
| 1938–39 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 147 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 160 | 51 | |||