Jock Thomson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jock Thomson

Scottish footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1906

Place of Birth: Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1979

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Jock Thomson

  • John Ross Thomson (6 July 1906 – 1979) was a Scottish football player and manager. Thomson, a wing half, started his career with Thornton Rangers in his native Fife, before moving to Dundee, where he played for four years.
  • In 1929 he moved to Everton.
  • His Everton career had an inauspicious start, with the club suffering relegation in his first season.
  • The following season, he gained a Second Division winners medal as Everton made an immediate return to the top flight, and then added a First Division medal in 1932 as Everton became champions.
  • Later that year he made his international debut, representing Scotland in a 5–2 home international defeat against Wales, though this was to be his only international appearance.
  • He played in the 1933 FA Cup Final, helping Everton to a 3–0 win against Manchester City.
  • Later in his time at Everton first team appearances became more uncommon for Thomson as he was displaced from the team by Joe Mercer.
  • Thomson retired from playing in 1938, having made 299 appearances for Everton, in which he scored five goals.In 1947 Thomson became manager of Manchester City, replacing Sam Cowan.
  • In his first season in charge the club finished tenth in the First Division, though they failed to win any of the final six games of the season.
  • The 1948–49 season saw a slight upturn with a seventh-place finish.
  • In October 1949 Thomson made the decision to sign goalkeeper Bert Trautmann, attracting criticism for signing a former German paratrooper so soon after World War II.
  • Trautmann justified Thomson's decision by going on to play for the club for 15 years.
  • The 1949–50 season proved to be Thomson's last.
  • With two thirds of the season gone City had won only five matches.
  • Thomson was dismissed, and at the end of season the club were relegated. After leaving Manchester City, Thomson returned to Scotland, where he ran a pub until his retirement.
  • He died in 1979.

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