Thomas Thorpe (19 May 1881 – 28 September 1953) born in Attercliffe, Yorkshire, was an English footballer and cricketer.
[2][3] It was the worst season in the League Doncaster ever had, finishing with only 8 points in 34 games of which Thorpe played 31.
[3] Lastly he rejoined Barnsley for the 1921–22 season,[3] achieving the still held record for being their oldest player at 40 years 310 days when he played against Stoke City on 25 March 1922.
This record was surpassed when Mike Pollitt played against Nottingham Forest in an away game on 14 September 2013 aged 41 years 201 days Thorpe made three first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1913 County Championship against Essex, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire.
Sarah and his eldest daughter, Olive, died within two weeks of one another in 1918 during the pneumonia pandemic, both buried in Kilnhurst.