Ralph Sandford "Smack" Thompson (May 30, 1900 – October 31, 1981) was a

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player. He was the brother of Charlie Thompson.

College football

Thompson was an All-Southern

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for

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of the

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of its 1925 team. That team defeated

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34 to 0 in

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. Allegedly, Thompson would yell out in his sleep. On the eve of a 3–0 loss to

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, he screamed out "Kill the SOB", referring to

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. Once during the game both were knocked unconscious. "He was absolutely poison" wrote

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about Thompson, "with reckless disregard for life and limb, he plunged into the thick of every play."

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