Birthday Caps Name Goals Goals Ave
Name William Thornton
Full Name William Thornton
Position Centre Forward/Inside Forward
William Thomson Robert Brown Thyne
Page Links Clubs When Capped Appearances by Team Goals By Team Appearances by date All Goals
Birthplace Winchburgh Scotland Date of Birth Place of Death Date of Death Height Weight First Game Wed 15 May 1946 Last Game Fri 30 May 1952 Career Length 6y 0m 16d Career Length in Days 2208
Apps Starts Sub Used Replaced 11 11 0 0 W D L Sent Off 5 2 4 0 Goals Hat-Tricks Penalties 4 0 0
Clubs When Capped
Back to TopClub Club Seq First Last Games Goals W D L F A Rangers 88 15 May 1946 30 May 1952 11 4 5 2 4 19 15
Appearances by Team
Back to TopBritish WC Euro Other Friendlies Total Team Ranking W D L P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub P Sts Sub ENGLAND 209 equal 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 NORTHERN IRELAND 99 equal 1 1 2 2 2 2 SWEDEN 29 equal 1 1 1 1 1 SWITZERLAND 38 equal 1 1 1 1 1 USA 25 equal 1 1 1 1 1 WALES 246 equal 1 1 1 1 1 FRANCE 38 equal 1 1 1 1 1 American Soccer League 1 equal 1 1 1 1 1 DENMARK 40 equal 1 1 1 1 1
Goals By Team
Back to TopTeam Ranking Brit Champ World Cup Euro Other Friendlies Total Goals Team Ranking H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot H A Tot ENGLAND 17 equal 2 2 2 2 American Soccer League 2 equal 1 1 1 1 DENMARK 4 equal 1 1 1 1
Appearances by date click links for details
Back to TopNo P S Sb Off Club M No Date Cm R V Team Sc Agg Crowd Scorers 1 P S Rangers 190 Wed 15 May 1946 F
H
Switzerland 111899 Liddell 25; Liddell 28; Delaney 35 Aeby 1 2 P S Rangers -43 Sat 24 Aug 1946 O
A
England 70000 Thornton NA; Thornton 89 Donald Welsh NA; Donald Welsh pen 45 3 P S Rangers 191 Sat 19 Oct 1946 BC
A
Wales 29568 Waddell pen 49 Brynmor Jones 52; Trevor Ford 79; James Findlay Stephen og 88 4 P S Rangers 192 Wed 27 Nov 1946 BC
H
Northern Ireland 97326 ----- ----- 5 P S Rangers 196 Sat 04 Oct 1947 BC
A
Northern Ireland 52000 ----- Samuel Smyth 35; Samuel Smyth 52 6 P S Rangers 198 Sat 10 Apr 1948 BC
H
England 133426 ----- Thomas Finney 44; Stanley Harding Mortensen 62 7 P S Rangers 205 Wed 27 Apr 1949 F
H
France 123970 Steel 37; Steel 80 ----- 8 P S Rangers -44 Mon 30 May 1949 F
A
American Soccer League 0 Evans NA; Thornton NA; Steel NA; Houliston NA George McCann NA 9 P S Rangers -45 Fri 19 Aug 1949 F
A
USA 17000 Waddell NA; Waddell NA; Steel NA; Steel NA ----- 10 P S Rangers 224 Sun 25 May 1952 F
A
Denmark 39000 Thornton 49; Reilly 71 Poul Rasmussen 64 11 P S Rangers 225 Fri 30 May 1952 F
A
Sweden 32122 Liddell 7 Gosta Sandberg 2; Gosta Lofgren 3; Sylve Bengtsson 68
All Goals Scored click on date for match details
Back to TopGame
NoGo
alsPen Hat
TrickClub M No Date Comp R V Team S Agg Crowd Scorers 2 1
Rangers -43 Sat 24 Aug 1946 O
A
England 70000 Thornton NA; Thornton 89 Donald Welsh NA; Donald Welsh pen 45 2 1
Rangers -43 Sat 24 Aug 1946 O
A
England 70000 Thornton NA; Thornton 89 Donald Welsh NA; Donald Welsh pen 45 8 1
Rangers -44 Mon 30 May 1949 F
A
American Soccer League 0 Evans NA; Thornton NA; Steel NA; Houliston NA George McCann NA 10 1
Rangers 224 Sun 25 May 1952 F
A
Denmark 39000 Thornton 49; Reilly 71 Poul Rasmussen 64
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