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| Born | (1906-02-10)February 10, 1906 St. George, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | October 7, 1990(1990-10-07) (aged 84) Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Dixie (St. George, Utah)[1] |
| College | Montana State (1926–1930) |
| Position | Forward |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
| Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | |
John Ashworth "Cat"Thompson (February 10, 1906 – October 7, 1990) was an Americanbasketball player.[2]
He won the Utah state championship withDixie High School team and finished second in the High School National Tournament in 1925. In college, he played for 3 seasons forMontana State, during which time his team had a record of 102–11. In 1929, he won theHelms Foundation Player of the Year award and his team wonHelms National Championship . He averaged 15.4 points per game when the average team scored 40 points per game.
He was namedAll-America in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. He scored 1,539 points in 100 career college games he played. He was enshrined in theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1962.
A 2009ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia named Thompson "one of the five greatest college hoops players of the first half of the 20th century"[3]
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