Brian Thompson (1938–2011) was an English

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, who played for Grantham Town,

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and

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Biography

Thompson's father was a butcher in the village of Great Gonerby. Thompson attended King's School, before obtaining work as a technical draughtsman with

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. After his football career, he worked as a market trader, and established a fashion business in partnership with his wife, Barbara. Over the years he played cricket for his school, for the Aveling-Barford works' team, for Wollaton Cricket Club, and, in his 50s, for Nottingham Forest Cricket Club's first eleven, and was described as "very able bowler and batsman". He ran a nightclub, 'Faces', in Grantham's London Road, and came briefly to national prominence when he organised the

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rock concert, which featured Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band and

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, as well as three then litte-known acts:

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and

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. The event is the subject of a 2017 play, ''Barbecue '67 Revisited'', based on the concert by the Nottingham-based theatre group 'Excavate'.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Brian 1938 births 2011 deaths Date of birth missing Footballers from Lincolnshire Men's association football goalkeepers Peterborough United F.C. players Loughborough F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players People educated at The King's School, Grantham English men's footballers 20th-century English sportsmen