Jerry Thompson (American football)
Herman Jerome Thompson (March 25, 1923 – December 23, 2010) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey in 1947, Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from 1948 to 1950, and Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin from 1956 to 1957.[1][2] Thompson was also the head baseball coach at Augustana from 1950 to 1951.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 25, 1923 Baldwin, Wisconsin |
| Died | December 23, 2010 (aged 87) Barron, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1941–1943 | St. Olaf |
| 1944–1945 | Wisconsin |
| Baseball | |
| 1945 | Wisconsin |
| Track | |
| 1945 | Wisconsin |
| Position(s) | Fullback, halfback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946 | Manistique HS (MI) |
| 1947 | Upsala |
| 1948–1950 | Augustana (SD) |
| 1951–1955 | Neenah HS (WI) |
| 1956–1957 | Ripon |
| Baseball | |
| 1950–1951 | Augustana (SD) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1946–1947 | Ripon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 21–28–1 (college football) 1–6 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MCAC (1957) | |
Thompson played college football at St. Olaf College and the University of Wisconsin. He also lettered in baseball and track at Wisconsin in 1945. After graduating from Wisconsin in 1946, Thompson began his coaching career that fall as the football coach at Manistique High School in Manistique, Michigan.[3][4]
Thompson was also a professor of physical education as Augustana. He resigned from his position has Augutana in 1951 to become head football and head track coach at Neenah High School in Neenah, Wisconsin.[5] He led his football teams at Neenah to a record of 30—6—3 in five seasons.[6]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upsala Vikings (Independent) (1947) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Upsala | 2–6 | |||||||
| Upsala: | 2–6 | ||||||||
| Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings (North Central Conference) (1948–1950) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Augustana | 3–6 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1949 | Augustana | 2–6 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1950 | Augustana | 2–7 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| Augustana: | 7–19 | 4–14 | |||||||
| Ripon Redmen (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1956–1957) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Ripon | 4–3–1 | 4–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1957 | Ripon | 8–0 | 8–0 | 1st | |||||
| Ripon: | 12–3–1 | 12–3–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 21–28–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "Augustana Football Yearbooks". Augustana University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Herman Jerome "Jerry" Thompson". Ripon Commonwealth Press. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Jerry Thompson, Of Wisconsin, New Manistique Football Coach". Daily Press. Escanaba, Michigan. May 15, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved December 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Jerry Thompson, Star Badger, Named Coach at Upsala College". La Crosse Tribune. La Crosse, Wisconsin. Associated Press. April 24, 1947. p. 16. Retrieved December 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Augie Coach Accepts Job In Wisconsin". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. April 26, 1951. p. 13. Retrieved December 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Jerry Thompson To Coach Ripon". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Associated Press. February 7, 1956. p. 14. Retrieved December 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .