John Thompson (kwallon kwando)

John Robert Thompson Jr. (2 ga Satumba, 1941) A ranar 30 ga Agusta, 2020) ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne na Amurka kuma mai horar da ƙwallon kwando na kwaleji na ƙungiyar maza ta Georgetown Hoyas . Ya zama babban kocin Ba'amurke ɗan Afirka na farko da ya lashe babban gasar ƙwallon kwando ta kwaleji lokacin da ya jagoranci Hoyas zuwa gasar NCAA Division I ta ƙasa a 1984. An shigar da Thompson cikin Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame da National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame .

Thompson ya buga ƙwallon kwando na kwaleji a Providence Friars kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta All-American a 1964. Ya buga wasanni biyu a Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Ƙasa (NBA) ga Boston Celtics, waɗanda suka lashe gasar NBA a dukkan kakar wasa biyu. Thompson ya zama kocin makarantar sakandare a Washington, DC, kafin ya horar da Georgetown na tsawon shekaru 27. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sharhi kan wasanni a rediyo da talabijin bayan ya yi ritaya daga koyarwa. Thompson ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin Ba da Shawara da Jagoranci a Jami'ar Gundumar Columbia (UDC). Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaci a cibiyar 4-H da Ci gaban Matasa a UDC. 

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Thompson kuma ya girma a Washington, DC, kuma ɗan addinin Roman Katolika ne.  Tun yana yaro, mahaifiyarsa ta dage kan tura shi makarantun Katolika don samun damar ilimi da ƙalubalen ilimi. 

A Makarantar Sakandare ta Archbishop Carroll, Thompson ya fito a matsayin fitaccen ɗan wasa, yana buga wasanni uku a jere na Gasar City Championship (1958–60). A shekarar 1959, Carroll All-Mets Thompson, Monk Malloy, George Leftwich da Tom Hoover sun yi nasara a kan Cardozo da ci 79–52. A shekara mai zuwa, Thompson da Leftwich sun jagoranci Lions a kan Ollie Johnson/ Dave Bing sun jagoranci Spingarn, 69–54. A lokacin shekararsa ta ƙarshe, Thompson ya jagoranci Carroll zuwa rikodin 24–0, inda suka kiyaye nasarar da suka samu a wasanni 48 a jere. Carroll ya kammala kakar wasa ta 1960 ba tare da an doke su ba da ci 57–55 a kan St Catherine's Angels of Racine, Wisconsin a Gasar Cin Kofin Kasa ta Knights of Columbus inda Thompson ya zira kwallaye 15 a ƙungiyar tare da ƙara kwallaye 12. 

An zaɓe shi cikin ƙungiyar da ta yi fice a dukkan gasa, kuma daga baya aka naɗa shi a matsayin ɗan wasa na biyu <i id="mwOQ">a Parade</i> All-American . 

 Sana'ar wasa 
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Archbishop Carroll, Thompson ya tafi Kwalejin Providence, inda ya buga wasa a ƙungiyar NIT Championship ta 1963 tare da Ray Flynn, kuma yana cikin ƙungiyar gasar Providence NCAA ta farko a shekararsa ta ƙarshe a 1964,  lokacin da Associated Press ta yaba masa saboda ƙungiyar All-American .  Bayan kammala karatunsa, Thompson shine shugaban Friars a kowane lokaci a maki, matsakaicin maki, da kashi na ƙwallo a filin wasa, kuma na biyu a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron baya bayan tsohon abokin wasansa Jim Hadnot . 
Rukuni:Mutattun 2020
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1941

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