Alec Charles Edward Thurlow (24 February 1922 – 5 March 1956) was a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for

Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two ...

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Manchester City F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football goalkeepers Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players 1922 births 1956 deaths People from Diss, Norfolk English men's footballers 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in England Footballers from Norfolk {{England-footy-goalkeeper-1920s-stub