Dave Thomas (footballer born 1950)
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| Dave Thomas | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Thomas | |
| Date of birth | October 5, 1950 | |
| Place of birth | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England | |
| Playing position | left winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1966-1972 1972-1977 1977-1978 1979-1980 1981 1981 1982-1984 |
Burnley Queens Park Rangers Everton Wolves Vancouver Whitecaps Middlesbrough Portsmouth |
157 (19) 182 (27) 71 (4) 10 (0) 16 (2) 13 (1) 30 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1974-1975 | England | 8 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dave Thomas, born October 5, 1950 in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England is a former professional footballer and England international who played as a midfielder. An extremely skillful and fast player, for much of his career his trademark was playing without shin pads; something that would never be tolerated in today's game due to the change of the laws of the game.
He had a long and successful playing career, playing for almost 20 years and totalling over 450 league appearances whilst playing for Burnley, QPR, Everton, Vancouver Whitecaps, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He won 8 England caps overall whilst at Queens Park Rangers. His first England cap was given to him by manager Don Revie on October 30, 1974 in a 3-0 win against Czechoslovakia. He set up the first goal in the game. In 1981, he played a single summer season with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the North American Soccer League.[1]
Thomas's most successful season was arguably in 1977-78 while playing for Everton. Everton's top marksman Bob Latchford scored 30 goals in the league that season, Thomas providing more of his goals than anybody else with some accurate crosses.
His transfer in October 1972 from Burnley to QPR was then a record fee for a Second Division Club: £165,000.
He worked as a PE teacher at the Bishop Luffa School in Chichester, but has now retired.
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[edit] External links
- The Hall of Fame Number 44 – Dave Thomas
- Sporting Heroes site
- Blast from the Past Official QPR site interview Jan 2008
- The Unofficial QPR Hall of Fame
