Duncan Thompson

Duncan Thompson
MBE
Thomson in 1925
Personal information
Full nameDuncan Fulton Thompson
Born(1895-03-14)14 March 1895
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Died17 May 1980(1980-05-17) (aged 85)
Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1911–15 St.Paul's (Ipswich)
1915 Wests (Newcastle)
1916 North Sydney 13 1 0 0 3
1919 Starlights (Ipswich)
1920–23 North Sydney 46 11 46 0 125
1924–25 Valleys (Toowoomba)
Total 59 12 46 0 128
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915–25 Queensland 11 1 18 0 38
1920–24 Australia 9 2 4 0 11
1921–22 New South Wales 3 2 0 0 6
1922–23 Metropolis 3 2 1 0 8
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
195?–?? Toowoomba
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1953 Queensland 0 0 0 0

Duncan Fulton Thompson MBE (14 March 1895 – 17 May 1980) was an Australian veteran of both World War I and World War II and a rugby league footballer, coach and administrator. He was wounded on active service in World War I and has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century, and is regarded as the father of modern coaching. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1960 New Year Honours "for services to the community in the field of Sport."

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