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Kevin Thomas (footballer, born 1944)

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Kevin Thomas
Personal information
Full name Kevin Anthony Thomas
Date of birth (1944-08-13)13 August 1944
Place of birth Prescot, England
Date of death 9 October 2022(2022-10-09) (aged 78)
Place of death Blackpool, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Prescot Cables
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1969 Blackpool 12 (0)
1969–1971 Tranmere Rovers 18 (0)
1972–1973 Oxford United 5 (0)
1974–1976 Southport 67 (0)
Barrow
Total 102 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Anthony Thomas[1] (13 August 1944 – 9 October 2022) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Blackpool, Tranmere Rovers, Oxford United and Southport.[2][3] Thomas died from a stroke on 9 October 2022 at Trinity Hospice, Blackpool, at the age of 78.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Kevin Thomas". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. ^ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Kevin Thomas". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ^ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
  4. ^ Scrafton, Matt (10 October 2022). "Former Blackpool, Oxford United and Tranmere Rovers goalkeeper Kevin Thomas passes away". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 10 October 2022.