Michael J. Thompson (July 22, 1877 – May 31, 1939)[1] was once dean of American football officials, as well as a baseball umpire.[2] He famously officiated the 1903 Carlisle-Harvard football game.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. | July 22, 1877
Died | May 31, 1939 Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 61)
Playing career | |
1899–1900 | Georgetown |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1908–1910 | Washington College |
1911–1912 | Mount St. Mary's |
Basketball | |
1911–1913 | Mount St. Mary's |
1917–1920 | Mount St. Mary's |
Baseball | |
1901–1912 | Washington College |
1911–1913 | Mount St. Mary's |
1918–1920 | Mount St. Mary's |
He also coached, at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.[3][4] In Emmitsburg, he was later a burgess. He died unexpectedly on May 31, 1939.[5]
Early life
Thompson was born on July 22, 1877, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Owen Thompson and Anna Mary nee Collins.[6][7] He attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he helped organize the football team. Thompson was a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington D. C., where he was the first graduate manager of athletics in 1901.[8]
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