On This Day (10 Feb 1936): Sunderland Hero Jimmy Thorpe Is Laid To Rest
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February 1936 was an emotional period for everybody connected with Sunderland AFC, and by the tenth of the month, it was time for everyone to pay their final respects to Jimmy Thorpe, the much-loved goalkeeper that had died the previous week following complications with injuries he’d suffered when playing for the Lads against Chelsea on […]