Thomas Norse
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Norse | ||
| Date of birth | 1880[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 June 1915 (aged 34)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1903 | Blackburn St. Philips | ||
| 1903-1904 | Everton | 2 | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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Thomas Norse (1880 – 24 June 1915) was an English professional forward who played in the Football League for Everton.
Personal life
Norse was employed as a child worker in a cotton mill, and in adulthood, worked at a paper mill. After the First World War’s outbreak, Norse enlisted as a private in the 1st/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. The regiment took part in the Gallipoli campaign, where Norse was killed in action on 24 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "EFC Heritage Society - The Fallen" (PDF). EFC Heritage Society. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Casualty Details: Thomas Norse". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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- 1880 births
- 1915 deaths
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Everton F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Sportspeople from Lancashire
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