Harry Thorpe (1880–16 September 1908 ) was a

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who played as a defender in the

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and

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in the 1900s. He made his Football League debut in the 1900–01 season with

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, making 64 league appearances for them over the next few seasons, before moving to Woolwich Arsenal. He made 10 appearances in total for Arsenal between 1903 and 1904. In 1904 he joined

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of the Southern League, and played 70 league games for them, putting him in the top 10 of all-time Fulham appearances in that league. Thorpe returned to the Football League in 1907 with Leicester Fosse, and he played for them in their giant-killing

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victory over Blackburn Rovers on 11 January 1908. He died in 1908 of influenza.

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1880 births 1908 deaths Men's association football defenders English Football League players Chesterfield F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players English men's footballers Deaths from influenza {{England-footy-defender-1880s-stub