fullname years death_date death_place youthyears birth_place caps goals position birth_date article_title name
thompson noble kirkham -- q1 1986 -lrb- aged 84 -rrb- gateshead , england -- felling , county durham , england 19 0 outside right 10 december 1901 thompson kirkham
 thompson kirkham
thompson kirkham

thompson noble kirkham -lrb- 10 december 1901 -- q1 1986 -rrb- was an english footballer who played as an outside right in the football league for darlington .
kirkham was the third child of thomas gallon kirkham , a lighterman , and his wife elizabeth jane .
he was born in felling , county durham , where the family were living at the time of the 1911 census .
described as a local lad , kirkham had displaced harry hall from the outside-right position for darlington by december 1923 , and finished the season , and his football league career , with 19 appearances in the third division north and one goal .
his death was registered in early 1986 in gateshead .
