Alan Thompson

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Saturday, 10th October, 1953
Current Age
70 years and 172 days
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Captain Of The Year
1983

Biography

Long-serving Manly five-eighth came up through the local juniors, filling in as a winger, centre and halfback, before winning grand finals with the Sea Eagles in 1976 and 1978. One of seven Manly players who toured England and France with the 1978 Kangaroos Alan Thompson captained Australia in several minor tour matches but did not play in a Test until the following year. Thompson took part in the Ashes whitewash of Great Britain in 1979 and played in two Tests on the tour of NZ in 1980. He represented NSW in the first State of Origin match in 1980, and while he continued to play for the Blues until 1984, he did not appear in another Test. Thompson won the 'Dally M' Captain of the Year in 1983 but after successive grand final losses to P’matta in 1982-83 he retired when offered a lower grade coaching position with the Sea Eagles. (He was the Manly record holder for most club games when he retired). Thompson won a reserve grade premiership in 1988 and was the logical successor to Bob Fulton in 1989 but, in hindsight, the move was never going to succeed. It was obvious the loyal clubman did not have the full support of his committee and he was unceremoniously dumped in favour of Graham Lowe after just one season.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 22 9 12 1 40.91% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Manly NSWRL 1989 22 9 12 1 40.91% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Manly 1989 22 9 12 1 40.91% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    07/11/2013

    Great player unselfish team man pleasure to play along side of

  • Anonymous
    08/10/2014

    Great team player with deceptive pace and an excellent step. His ability to put players in the gap with long passes was astounding and his combination with rampaging fullback Eadie was especially notable. When he was playing, the whole Manly team played an attractive, open form of Rugby League with lots of ball movement. Alan Thompson had a lot to do with that style of play and it suited him as well.

  • Anonymous
    29/01/2015

    When asked what his greatest strength in playing Rugby League was he commented "Consistency, I knew what my job was and I worked hard at doing it". A great footballer and a great man off the field as well, he is well liked by all his peers.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Steven Russo, Bill Bates

Sources: Match Video