Albert Thompson (footballer, born 1885)

Albert John Thompson (1885 – 14 June 1956) was an English amateur footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Grimsby Town.

Personal life
Thompson's younger brother Ralph also played for Grimsby Town and was killed on the first day on the Somme. His father John was a builder and chairman of Grimsby Town in 1905 and 1906. Thompson served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and later rose to become a director of the Ross Group. For approximately forty years after retiring from football, Thompson wrote football stories for the Grimsby News under a pen name.