Career
His entire senior playing career was spent with Rangers, and he is considered to be one of the greatest players in the club"s history. Thornton played for Rangers from 1936 to 1954, then became a manager with first and then Partick Thistle. He later returned to Rangers as assistant to Davie White in the summer of 1968 and was briefly caretaker manager in 1969 after White"s dismissal.
Thornton then worked as assistant to William Waddell until 1972.
Thornton is one of Scotland"s all-time top scorers, with 139 League goals. He died in August 1991 at the age of 71.