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Birthday Caps Name Goals Goals Ave

Name

William Thornton

Full Name

William Thornton

Position

Centre Forward/Inside Forward


William Thomson
Robert Brown Thyne


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Birthplace Winchburgh Scotland Date of Birth 3-Mar-1920
Place of Death Date of Death
Height 5 ft 10 in Weight 12 st 3 lb
First Game Wed 15 May 1946 Last Game Fri 30 May 1952
Career Length 6y 0m 16d Career Length in Days 2208

Apps Starts Sub Used Replaced
11 11 0 0
W D L Sent Off
5 2 4 0
Goals Hat-Tricks Penalties
4 0 0

Clubs When Capped
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Club Club Seq First Last Games Goals W D L F A
Rangers 87 15 May 1946 30 May 1952 11 4 5 2 4 19 15

Appearances by Team
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British WC Euro Other Friendlies Total
Team Ranking W D L P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub
ENGLAND ENGLAND 209 equal 1 1 1 1 2 2
NORTHERN IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND 99 equal 1 1 2 2 2 2
SWEDEN SWEDEN 29 equal 1 1 1 1 1
SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND 38 equal 1 1 1 1 1
USA USA 24 equal 1 1 1 1 1
WALES WALES 246 equal 1 1 1 1 1
FRANCE FRANCE 38 equal 1 1 1 1 1
American Soccer League American Soccer League 1 equal 1 1 1 1 1
DENMARK DENMARK 40 equal 1 1 1 1 1

Goals By Team
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Team Ranking Brit Champ World Cup Euro Other Friendlies Total Goals
Team Ranking H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot
ENGLAND ENGLAND 17 equal 2 2
American Soccer League American Soccer League 2 equal 1 1 1 1
DENMARK DENMARK 4 equal 1 1 1 1

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No P S Sb Off Club M No Date Cm R V Team Sc Agg Crowd Scorers
1 P S Rangers 190 Wed 15 May 1946 s

F

H

SWITZERLAND Switzerland

3-1

111899 Liddell; Liddell; Delaney
Aeby
2 P S Rangers -41 Sat 24 Aug 1946 s n/a

A

ENGLAND England

2-2

70000 Thornton; Thornton
Donald Welsh; Donald Welsh pen
3 P S Rangers 191 Sat 19 Oct 1946 s

BC

A

WALES Wales

1-3

29568 Waddell pen
Brynmor Jones; Trevor Ford; James Findlay Stephen og
4 P S Rangers 192 Wed 27 Nov 1946 s

BC

H

NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland

0-0

97326 -----
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5 P S Rangers 196 Sat 04 Oct 1947 s

BC

A

NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland

0-2

52000 -----
Samuel Smyth; Samuel Smyth
6 P S Rangers 198 Sat 10 Apr 1948 s

BC

H

ENGLAND England

0-2

133426 -----
Thomas Finney; Stanley Harding Mortensen
7 P S Rangers 205 Wed 27 Apr 1949 s

F

H

FRANCE France

2-0

123970 Steel; Steel
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8 P S Rangers -42 Mon 30 May 1949

F

A

American Soccer League American Soccer League

4-1

0 Evans; Thornton; Steel; Houliston
George McCann
9 P S Rangers -43 Fri 19 Aug 1949

F

A

USA USA

4-0

17000 Waddell; Waddell; Steel; Steel
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10 P S Rangers 224 Sun 25 May 1952

F

A

DENMARK Denmark

2-1

39000 Thornton; Reilly
Poul Rasmussen
11 P S Rangers 225 Fri 30 May 1952

F

A

SWEDEN Sweden

1-3

32122 Liddell
Gosta Sandberg; Gosta Lofgren; Sylve Bengtsson

All Goals Scored click on date for match details
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Game
No
Go
als
Pen Hat
Trick
Club M No Date Comp R V Team S Agg Crowd Scorers
2 1

Rangers -41 Sat 24 Aug 1946 s n/a

A

ENGLAND England

2-2

70000 Thornton; Thornton
Donald Welsh; Donald Welsh pen
2 1

Rangers -41 Sat 24 Aug 1946 s n/a

A

ENGLAND England

2-2

70000 Thornton; Thornton
Donald Welsh; Donald Welsh pen
8 1

Rangers -42 Mon 30 May 1949

F

A

American Soccer League American Soccer League

4-1

0 Evans; Thornton; Steel; Houliston
George McCann
10 1

Rangers 224 Sun 25 May 1952

F

A

DENMARK Denmark

2-1

39000 Thornton; Reilly
Poul Rasmussen

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