John Thornley (footballer, born 1885)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = John Thornley

| fullname = John William ThornleyDerbyshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813–1916

| birth_date = 19 September 1885

| birth_place = Hayfield, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|3|31|1885|9|19|df=y}}

| death_place = Pas-de-Calais, France

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1902–1906

| clubs1 = Glossop

| caps1 = 5

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1905

| clubs2 = Manchester United

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

}}

John William Thornley (19 September 1885 – 31 March 1918) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop as a forward.{{Cite web |last=Froggatt |first=Mark |title=The players we lost in war |url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/newton-heath-and-manchester-united-players-who-died-at-war |access-date=3 March 2019 |website=www.manutd.com |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=288}}