Bobby Thompson (born August 2, 1937) is a former

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coach and college athletics administrator. He served at the head football coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1974 and two stints as the head football coach at

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in Hays, Kansas, from 1979 to 1980 and again in 1984, compiling a career college football coaching record of 16–23–2. He was the

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at Fort Hays State from 1980 to 1981, the

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from 1981 to 1982, the

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from 1985 to 1988, and

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(USTA) from 1988 to 1999. Thompson was born on August 2, 1937, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and attended Guthrie High School there. He played football and

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at Eastern Oklahoma Junior College—now known as Eastern Oklahoma State College—in

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and at Adams State College—now known as

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—in Alamosa, Colorado.

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