Levy Thorpe | |
Fullname: | Levy Thorpe[1] |
Birth Date: | 18 November 1889 |
Birth Place: | Seaham, England |
Height: | [2] |
Position: | Wing half |
Years1: | 1907–1908 |
Clubs1: | Seaham Albion |
Years2: | 1908–1909 |
Clubs2: | Seaham White Star |
Years3: | 1909–1911 |
Clubs3: | Seaham Harbour |
Years4: | 1911–1913 |
Clubs4: | Blackpool |
Caps4: | 92 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1913–1920 |
Clubs5: | Burnley |
Caps5: | 72 |
Goals5: | 3 |
Years6: | 1920–1922 |
Clubs6: | Blackburn Rovers |
Caps6: | 85 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 1922–1924 |
Clubs7: | Lincoln City |
Caps7: | 69 |
Goals7: | 9 |
Years8: | 1924–1925 |
Clubs8: | Rochdale |
Caps8: | 31 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 1926 |
Clubs9: | Farnworth Town |
Totalcaps: | 349 |
Totalgoals: | 14 |
Levy Thorpe (18 November 1889 – 1935) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.[3] He made 98 appearances for Blackpool, all of which were in consecutive games. 92 of these were in the Football League; the other six were in the FA Cup.
Thorpe made his debut for Blackpool late in the 1910–11 campaign, in a 2–0 victory against Leicester Fosse at Bloomfield Road on 29 March 1911. He went on to appear in their six remaining League games, beginning a long run of consecutive appearances for the club.[4]
The following season, 1911–12, he was an ever-present, appearing in the number-4 jersey in all of Blackpool's 42 League and FA Cup games. He also scored his first and only goal for the club. It came in a 2–0 victory over Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road on 23 March 1912.
The ever-present record was preserved the following 1912–13 season, at the end of which he had made 89 consecutive appearances for the Tangerines.
In 1913–14, Thorpe appeared in the first 9 League games, continuing his appearance streak to 98 games, before being sold to Lancashire rivals Burnley. However, during World War I, he returned to Blackpool as a guest player.
Thorpe served as a private in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment during the First World War.[5]