Jeffrey "Jeff" Thorpe (born 17 November 1972, in

Cockermouth Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. The name refers to the town's position by the confluence of the River Cocker into the River Derwent. At the 2021 census, the built u ...

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...

) is an English retired professional

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who played as a

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. He spent his entire career at

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They have played their ...

before retiring in 2000 due to injury. He played in the Championship winning 1994-95 season, scoring 4 goals, and made a substitute appearance at Wembley Stadium against Birmingham City in the 1995 Football League Trophy final. Persistent back injuries bought a premature end to his career aged just 27 after 11 years with Carlisle. Thorpe spent several years as Radio Cumbria match day summariser on Carlisle games. He lectured in Sport Performance at the University of Cumbria for 11 years and still resides in the county where he also runs a coaching and fitness business.

Honours

Carlisle United *

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runner-up: 1994–95

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* 1972 births Living people Academics of the University of Cumbria Sportspeople from Cockermouth Men's association football midfielders English men's footballers Carlisle United F.C. players English Football League players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Footballers from Cumbria {{England-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub