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itself the following year, when they played against the
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kick and the most reliable back against any team", while in 1876 it was said: "Still holds his own as a half-back; one of the most brilliant kickers of the day".
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349:in 1871. He began studying law at
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479:"Thompson, Albert (THM867AC)"
606:19th-century English lawyers
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483:A Cambridge Alumni Database
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313:Albert Childers Thompson
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111:Ernest Meysey-Thompson
25:Albert Meysey-Thompson
571:Footballers from York
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91:Harry Meysey-Thompson
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303:Family and education
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462:References
417:Marylebone
277:footballer
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432:Wanderers
357:in 1872.
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135:Full-back
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214:Apps
208:Team
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