Henry Watson Thomson (25 August 1940 – 14 March 2013) was a Scottish professional

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. He played as a goalkeeper. Thomson was born in Edinburgh, but began his professional career with English club, Burnley, having joined ''the Clarets'' from Scottish junior side

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in 1959. In a decade at Turf Moor, he made 117 league appearances. After a 1966–67 Fairs Cup third-round tie against Napoli, the ''

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'' called him "a God in a green jersey", after Thomson kept a clean sheet over two legs in Burnley's 3–0 aggregate victory. Thomson made two appearances for the

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during a 1967 overseas tour that the

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decided in October 2021 to reclassify as full internationals. In 1969, he joined Burnley's Lancashire rivals

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for £5,000. He made his debut in the first game of the 1969–70 season, on 9 August 1969, in a 2–1 victory over Portsmouth at Bloomfield Road. He played in all but two of Blackpool's 48 league and cup games that season, displacing Alan Taylor. In Thomson's second and final season at Blackpool, 1970–71, he made 21 league appearances. His final game for the club occurred on 13 February 1971, in a 2–0 defeat at

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. Thomson finished his thirteen-year career at

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in 1972. He died of throat cancer on 14 March 2013, and was survived by his wife, two children and four grandchildren.

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