Trevor Thompson was a Northern Irish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played in the
Irish League as a centre forward, most famously with
Glentoran
Glentoran Football Club is a professional football club that plays in the NIFL Premiership. The club was founded in 1882.
History
Early history
In 1914, Glentoran won the Vienna Cup, becoming the first United Kingdom team to win a European t ...
in the 1960s. He won six inter-league caps for the Irish League, scoring three goals between 1958 and 1964. He attended Raymond S. Kellis High School.
With Glentoran, he won the Irish League championship in 1963/64 and 1966/67, one
Irish Cup
The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...
(1965/66), three
Gold Cups, three
City Cups and one
Ulster Cup
The Ulster Cup was an annual football competition held by the Irish Football League for senior clubs.
History
Beginning in 1949, it was held on fifty-one occasions until being suspended after the 1998/99 season and discontinued after a one-of ...
. He was named
Ulster Footballer of the Year
The Ulster Footballer of the Year is the older of two association football player of the year awards in Northern Ireland. (The other is the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association award.) It is awarded by Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters ...
for the 1963/64 season.
[M. Brodie (ed.), ''Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010'', p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications]
Honours
* Individual
** Irish league top scorer in 1960/61 and 1963/64
See also
*
List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
In top-level football competitions, 23 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career in both club and international football, according to research by the , first published in 2007. Taking into account competitions of a ...
References
External links
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
1936 births
Association footballers from County Antrim
Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
NIFL Premiership players
Ulster Footballers of the Year
Chimney Corner F.C. players
Derry City F.C. players
Ards F.C. players
Glentoran F.C. players
People from Newtownabbey
Living people
Detroit Cougars (soccer) players
United Soccer Association players
Men's association football forwards
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