Bob Thompson was born in Virden, Manitoba on October 25, 1943. Thompson started playing senior ball age the age of 18 with St. Lazare Athletics, and after five years he joined the Brandon Cloverleafs. Thompson was a member of five Manitoba Senior Baseball League (MSBL) championship teams, and he played in five National Championships. He was voted MVP of the MSBL in 1968, ’72, and ’77. Internationally, Thompson played with Team Canada at the Pan-Am Games in 1971 and 1975, at the World Amateur Tournament in 1971 and 1972, and he also played at the 1975 Intercontinental Cup in Moncton, NB.
