Answer the following question: Facts: - playing teams: univ. detroit lions of michigan -lrb- ncaa -rrb- tampa bay buccaneers - career highlights: first-team all-big ten , 1982 - weight lbs: 221 - number: 99 - position: linebacker - height in: 3 - high school: eisenhower high school , blue island , illinois - college: michigan - team: michigan wolverines - height ft: 6 - birth date: 4 february 1960 - name: robert thompson - playing years: 1979 1984 1987 & ndash ; 1982 1983 & ndash ; - birth place: chicago , illinois Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert thompson -lrb- american football -rrb- .
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robert thompson -lrb- born february 4 , 1960 in chicago , illinois -rrb- is a retired american football linebacker .he played for the university of michigan from 1979 to 1982 and in the nfl for the tampa bay buccaneers and detroit lions .