Duncan Thompson
Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator, and tennis player (1895-1980) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 85
Duncan Fulton Thompson MBE was an Australian veteran of both World War I and World War II and a rugby league footballer, coach and administrator.
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He was wounded on active service in World War I and has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century, and is regarded as the father of modern coaching. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1960 New Year Honours "for services to the community in the field of Sport."
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