Levy Thorpe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Levi Thorpe | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Seaham, England | ||
| Date of death | 1935 (aged 45 or 46) | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1913 | Blackpool | 92 | (1) |
| 1913–1920 | Burnley | 72 | (3) |
| 1920–1922 | Blackburn Rovers | 85 | (1) |
| 1922–1924 | Lincoln City | 69 | (9) |
| 1924–1925 | Rochdale | 31 | (0) |
| Total | 349 | (14) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Levi "Levy" Thorpe (18 November 1889 – 1935) was an English professional association football player who played as a wing half. 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.
Blackpool
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
In 1913–14, Thorpe appeared in the first nine League games, continuing his appearance streak to 98 games, before being sold to Lancashire rivals Burnley.[4] However, during World War I, he returned to Blackpool as a guest player.
References
- Specific
- ↑ Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, Breedon Books Sport (1992), pp.196–197
- ↑ Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, Breedon Books Sport (1992), pp.198–199
- ↑ Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, Breedon Books Sport (1992), pp.200–201
- ↑ Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, Breedon Books Sport (1992), pp.202–203
- General
- Joyce, Michael (2004). "Football League Players' Records 1888-1939". SoccerData.