Homer Thompson (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Jeffersonville, Indiana | January 18, 1916
Died | June 19, 2007 Jeffersonville, Indiana | (aged 91)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Jeffersonville (Jeffersonville, Indiana) |
College | Kentucky (1936–1939) |
Playing career | 1939–1948 |
Position | Forward / center |
Career history | |
1939–1940, 1946 | Indianapolis Kautskys |
1946–1947 | Sheboygan Red Skins |
1947–1948 | Louisville Colonels |
Homer Winston Thompson (January 18, 1916 – June 19, 2007) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played for the Indianapolis Kautskys and Sheboygan Red Skins in the National Basketball League, as well as the Louisville Colonels in the Professional Basketball League of America.[1][3]
Thompson played college basketball at the University of Kentucky (where he also boxed).[2] His professional career was interrupted by serving in World War II. Thompson spent his post-basketball career as a teacher in Jeffersonville, Indiana, before moving to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1958.[2] He then worked for Broward County Board of Health.[2] Thompson returned to Indiana in 2003 before dying several years later.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Homer Thompson NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Homer Thompson". Peach Basket Society. November 16, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ "Homer Thompson Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- 1916 births
- 2007 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Indiana
- Centers (basketball)
- Forwards (basketball)
- Indianapolis Kautskys players
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- People from Jeffersonville, Indiana
- Sportspeople from the Louisville metropolitan area
- Professional Basketball League of America players
- Sheboygan Red Skins players
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs