Mike Thompson (American football official)

Michael J. Thompson (July 22, 1877 – May 31, 1939)^[1] was once dean of American football officials, as well as a baseball umpire.^[2] He famously officiated the 1903 Carlisle-Harvard football game.

Mike Thompson

Biographical details
Born	(1877-07-22)July 22, 1877 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	May 31, 1939(1939-05-31) (aged 61) Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S.
Playing career
1899–1900	Georgetown
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1910	Washington College
1911–1912	Mount St. Mary's
Basketball
1911–1913	Mount St. Mary's
1917–1920	Mount St. Mary's
Baseball
1901–1912	Washington College
1911–1913	Mount St. Mary's
1918–1920	Mount St. Mary's

He also coached, at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.^[3][4] In Emmitsburg, he was later a burgess. He died unexpectedly on May 31, 1939.^[5]

Early life

Thompson was born on July 22, 1877, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Owen Thompson and Anna Mary nee Collins.^[6][7] He attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he helped organize the football team. Thompson was a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington D. C., where he was the first graduate manager of athletics in 1901.^[8]