Levy Thorpe
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Levy Thorpe
| fullname = Levy Thorpe{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=288}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Seaham, England
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1935|1889}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. Blackburn Rovers |author=Quiz |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=5}}
| position = Wing half
| years1 = 1907–1908
| clubs1 = Seaham Albion
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1908–1909
| clubs2 = Seaham White Star
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1909–1911
| clubs3 = Seaham Harbour
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 1911–1913
| clubs4 = Blackpool
| caps4 = 92
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1913–1920
| clubs5 = Burnley
| caps5 = 72
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 1920–1922
| clubs6 = Blackburn Rovers
| caps6 = 85
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 1922–1924
| clubs7 = Lincoln City
| caps7 = 69
| goals7 = 9
| years8 = 1924–1925
| clubs8 = Rochdale
| caps8 = 31
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1926
| clubs9 = Farnworth Town
| caps9 =
| goals9 =
| totalcaps = 349
| totalgoals = 14
}}
Levy Thorpe (18 November 1889 – 1935) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.{{Cite web|url=http://vintagefootballers.com/product/thorpe-levy-image-3-rochdale-1924/|title=Thorpe Levy Image 3 Rochdale 1924 – Vintage Footballers|website=vintagefootballers.com|language=en-GB|access-date=14 November 2018}} He made 98 appearances for Blackpool, all of which were in consecutive games. 92 of these were in the Football League; the other six were in the FA Cup.
Career
Thorpe made his debut for Blackpool late in the 1910–11 campaign, in a 2–0 victory against Leicester Fosse at Bloomfield Road on 29 March 1911. He went on to appear in their six remaining League games, beginning a long run of consecutive appearances for the club.{{Cite book |title=Blackpool: A Complete Record, 1887–1992 |last=Calley |first=Roy |date=20 October 1992 |publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd |isbn=9781873626078 |edition= First |location=Derby |pages=196–203 |language=English}}
The following season, 1911–12, he was an ever-present, appearing in the number-4 jersey in all of Blackpool's 42 League and FA Cup games. He also scored his first and only goal for the club. It came in a 2–0 victory over Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road on 23 March 1912.
The ever-present record was preserved the following 1912–13 season, at the end of which he had made 89 consecutive appearances for the Tangerines.
In 1913–14, Thorpe appeared in the first 9 League games, continuing his appearance streak to 98 games, before being sold to Lancashire rivals Burnley. However, during World War I, he returned to Blackpool as a guest player.
Personal life
Thorpe served as a private in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment during the First World War.{{Cite news |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/levi-thorpe-service-record/ |title=Levi Thorpe {{!}} Service Record {{!}} Football and the First World War |work=Football and the First World War |access-date=14 November 2018 |language=en-US}}
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Category:Footballers from Seaham
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Blackpool F.C. players
Category:Blackpool F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Category:Lincoln City F.C. players
Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Loyal Regiment soldiers