James Shaw Thomson (born 1 October 1946) is a Scottish former professional

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 defender for Chelsea from 1965 to 1968 before subsequently moving to

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

until retiring in 1981.

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* 1946 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Chelsea F.C. players Burnley F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1940s-stub