Full name Leslie Allen Thompson 1987–1991 Hull City Name Les Thompson | Playing position Role Football player Years Team Position Defender | |
Date of birth (1968-09-23) 23 September 1968 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth Cleethorpes, England | ||
Leslie Allen "Les" Thompson (born 23 September 1968) is an English former professional association football player who played as a left back.
Born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, he started his career with Hull City, where he signed professional terms in 1987. He played 35 matches in four seasons with Hull, and in December 1988 he was sent out on loan to Scarborough, where he played three games and scored one goal. In 1991, he moved to Football League Fourth Division side Maidstone United. He spent only one season with Maidstone, playing 38 times as the side struggled in the league, eventually resigning from it at the end of the 1991–92 campaign. His performances for the club had attracted bigger teams, and in the summer of 1992 he was signed by newly promoted Second Division side Burnley. In two seasons with the Clarets, he played 39 league games, but at the end of the 1993–94 season he was released and moved into non-league football.
He now competes in Ironman triathlons.