Lyn Thomas (footballer)

David Stuart Lynne Thomas (19 September 1920 – 21 April 1993), known as Lyn or Dai Thomas, was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Lyn Thomas
Personal information
Full name David Stuart Lynne Thomas[1]
Date of birth (1920-09-19)19 September 1920[1]
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Date of death 21 April 1993(1993-04-21) (aged 72)[1]
Place of death Waltham Forest, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1942 Abercregan Juniors
1942–1947 Swansea Town 0 (0)
1947–1949 Brighton & Hove Albion 13 (4)
1949–1951 Folkestone Town
1951 Margate 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Thomas was born in Swansea in 1920. He was a schoolboy international, and joined Swansea Town from Abercregan Juniors in 1942.[1] During the Second World War, he made guest appearances for clubs including Accrington Stanley, Blackpool, Swindon Town, Wrexham,[2] and Dundee United.[3] He never played first-team football for Swansea, and signed for Brighton & Hove Albion of the Third Division South in 1947. Although he scored on debut, Thomas soon dropped out of consideration, but came back into the team on the wing, and finished the season with four goals from fourteen appearances. He spent the following season in the reserves, and left the club on a free transfer at the end of it,[4] going on to play for Kent League clubs Folkestone Town and (very briefly) Margate.[5] Thomas died in Waltham Forest, London, in 1993 at the age of 72.[1]

References
  1. "Lyn Thomas". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War 1939–45. London: Headline. pp. 265, 280, 424, 443. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.
  3. "Lyn Thomas player profile". Arab Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  4. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  5. "Dai Thomas". Margate Football Club History. Retrieved 9 November 2018.


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