| Ralph Thompson | |
| Fullname: | Ralph Motson Thompson |
| Birth Date: | 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Grimsby, England |
| Death Date: | 1 |
| Death Place: | near Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France |
| Position: | Outside left |
| Clubs1: | George Street Wesleyans |
| Clubs2: | Grimsby Rovers |
| Clubs3: | Grimsby St John's |
| Clubs4: | Grimsby Rovers |
| Clubs5: | Heycroft Rovers |
| Years6: | 1913–1914 |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
Ralph Motson Thompson (1892 – 1 July 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town as an outside left.[1]
Thompson's father John was chairman of Grimsby Town in 1905 and 1906 and his brother Albert also played for the club.[2] [3] Thompson himself was educated at Silcoates School and in 1911, he was working as a trainee auctioneer. Six weeks after the outbreak of the First World War, Thompson enlisted as a private in the Lincolnshire Regiment on 17 September 1914.[4] While serving with the Grimsby Chums, he was wounded in the neck, arm and spine during the attack on Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the first day of the Somme in 1916.[5] [6] He could not be evacuated and was later found and buried. Thompson is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Grimsby Town | 1914–15[7] | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Career total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||