Born: Prudhoe, 1 July 1894

Died: 6 November 1918

Position: Left back

Signed: 1 July 1914 (free transfer)

Fulham debut: Fulham 2-1 Grimsby Town, 13 February 1915

Fulham appearances: 1

Fulham goals: 0

Young left-back Edward Thompson made just one appearance for Fulham in February 1915 and died five days before the end of the First World War when he was killed in action near the village of Bermeries in northern France.