An Interview with Trevor Thompson - Footballer of the Year 1964

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Details

Location

Belfast

Year

1964

Date

Production 06/06/1964

Length

02min 52sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Syd Maguire interviews Trevor Thompson after he was awarded the Ulster Footballer of the Year. Thompson is very humble about his win, sharing the credit with his Glentoran team-mates. He talks about his football career.

Notes

Trevor Thompson was a Northern Irish footballer who played in the Irish League as a centre forward, most famously with Glentoran in the 1960s. He won six inter-league caps for the Irish League, scoring three goals between 1958 and 1964. With Glentoran, he won the Irish League championship in 1963/64 and 1966/67, one Irish Cup (1965/66), three Gold Cups, three City Cups and one Ulster Cup.