David Thomson (1892 – c. 1950) was a Scottish

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 lea ...

who played as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for

Dundee Dundee (; ; or , ) is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, fourth-largest city in Scotland. The mid-year population estimate for the locality was . It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firt ...

and

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

. He played in the 1925 Scottish Cup Final which Dundee lost to

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

. Known as 'Napper',Played for Dundee and Dundee United – Jock Gilmour
Dundee FC, 28 July 2017 he received a

benefit match A benefit is a match or season of activities granted by a sporting body to a loyal sportsman to boost their income before retirement. Often this is in the form of a match for which all the ticket proceeds are given to the player in question. Howeve ...

against

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

in 1926, and is a posthumous inductee of the Dundee Hall of Fame since 2018.2018 Hall of Fame inductees
Dundee FC, 15 February 2018

References

;Sources *

External links

*
London Hearts profile (Scotland)
1892 births Date of birth missing Footballers from Dundee Year of death uncertain Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Dundee F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Men's association football fullbacks 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1890s-stub

See also

References

External links