# John Thompson

> John Robert Thompson Jr. was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship in basketball when he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship in 1984. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

*American basketball player and coach (1941-2020)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1941-09-02
- **Died:** 2020-08-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.6 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 10.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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- [John Thompson (basketball)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball))
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- [Томпсон, Джон (баскетболист)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82))
- [John Thompson (basketball)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1459540)

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