Smack Thompson

Ralph Sandford "Smack" Thompson (May 30, 1900 – October 31, 1981) was a college football player. He was the brother of Charlie Thompson.^[1]

Smack Thompson

Thompson in 1925
Georgia Bulldogs
Position	End
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1900-05-30)May 30, 1900 Atlanta, Georgia
Died:	October 31, 1981(1981-10-31) (aged 81)
Career history
College	Georgia (1921–1922; 1924–1925)
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1924, 1925)

College football

Thompson was an All-Southern end for Kid Woodruff's Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, captain of its 1925 team.^[2][3] That team defeated Auburn 34 to 0 in Columbus.^[4] Allegedly, Thompson would yell out in his sleep. On the eve of a 3–0 loss to Georgia Tech, he screamed out "Kill the SOB", referring to Doug Wycoff. Once during the game both were knocked unconscious.^[5] "He was absolutely poison" wrote Morgan Blake about Thompson, "with reckless disregard for life and limb, he plunged into the thick of every play."^[5]