Benjamin Thomson (8 June 1913 – 12 November 1940) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger in the Scottish Football League for Kilmarnock.
[3][4] He featured in both matches of the replayed 1938 Scottish Cup Final, scoring in the second (the last of eight he scored in the competition, including two in the semi-final victory over Rangers) although his side lost 4–2 to East Fife.
Thomson was married and served as a fireman and trimmer in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.
[5] Posted aboard the steamer SS Balmore, he was killed in action when the ship was sunk by German aircraft in the North Atlantic Ocean at position 52°N 17°W / 52°N 17°W / 52; -17.
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