Dave Thomas (footballer, born 1950), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English footballer
Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1950
Place of Birth: Kirkby-in-Ashfield, England, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Dave Thomas (footballer, born 1950)
- Dave Thomas (born 5 October 1950) is a former professional footballer and England international who played as a midfielder.
- An extremely skilful and fast player, for much of his career his trademark was playing without shin pads; something that would be contrary to the rules of the game today. He made his senior debut in Burnley's 8-1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion in the 1966/67 season. He had a long and successful playing career, playing for almost 20 years and totalling over 450 league appearances whilst playing for Burnley, QPR, Everton, Vancouver Whitecaps, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
- He won 8 England caps overall whilst at Queens Park Rangers.
- His first England cap was given to him by manager Don Revie on 30 October 1974 in a 3–0 win against Czechoslovakia.
- He set up the first goal in the game.
- In 1981, he played a single summer season with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the North American Soccer League.Thomas's most successful season was undoubtedly 1975–76 while playing for QPR.
- QPR led the First Division for much of the season, narrowly missing out by one point to Liverpool after the final game of the season.
- Thomas was a pivotal figure in the team, providing Stan Bowles, Gerry Francis and others with outstanding service from the wing.
- Following his transfer to Everton, Thomas continued to enjoy success in the 1977–78 season while playing for Everton.
- Everton's top marksman Bob Latchford scored 30 goals in the league that season, Thomas providing more of his goals than anybody else with some more accurate crosses.
- His transfer in October 1972 from Burnley to QPR was then a record fee for a Second Division Club: £165,000.
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