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.