Tom Thompson

• BIRTHPLACE Winnipeg, MB

• INDUCTED 2014

Tom Thompson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Thompson began his coaching career with the Isaac Brock Royals. With this team, he won provincial bantam titles in 1973 and 1974, and provincial midget titles in 1975 and 1976. Thompson was a founding member of the reformed Manitoba Junior Baseball League in 1977. He then became owner, operator, and coach of the South End Chiefs for a decade. During this stretch, Thompson coached Team Manitoba at the 1981 Canada Summer Games. In 1987, he captured the Western Canada Junior Championship title during his first year as the coach of the Elmwood Giants. Just a few years later, in 1990, he led another team to the Manitoba Junior Baseball League title. Thompson served on the Manitoba Baseball Association in multiple executive positions, and he served in similar capacities in the Winnipeg Minor Baseball Association.

Tom Thompson Newspaper Article 1975

This article was gathered from the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Winnipeg Tribune Collection