Bison54
PhD Student
Posts: 1800
Reg: 11-18-09
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06-26-17 07:52 AM - Post#230355
Sad news that Coach Thompson passed away. I understand there will be a memorial service in Rooke Chapel on Wednesday at 11.
His Hall of Fame page:
http://www.bucknellbison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_O...
Condolences to his family
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Bison137
Professor
Posts: 16147
Reg: 01-23-06
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Coach Tommy Thompson 06-26-17 12:39 PM - Post#230360
In response to Bison54
Bucknell Mourns the Loss of Hall-of-Famer Tommy Thompson '60
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bison63
Postdoc
Posts: 3857
Reg: 01-23-06
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06-26-17 01:26 PM - Post#230361
In response to Bison137
I shuddered when I saw the title of this thread sensing what it would say. Sad news! Tommy was a Sigma Chi fraternity brother of mine, although I cannot say we were close. He was a Senior when I was a Freshman. He was a fantastic athlete in so many sports.
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BisonRoadWarrior
Professor
Posts: 5203
Loc: Where the Bison Roam
Reg: 08-16-06
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06-27-17 01:24 PM - Post#230381
In response to bison63
Very nice story by David Jones, with quotes from Flannery and Woollum.
http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/06/b...
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BisonRoadWarrior
Professor
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Loc: Where the Bison Roam
Reg: 08-16-06
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06-29-17 11:15 AM - Post#230448
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
Daily Item
http://www.dailyitem.com/sports/bucknell-legen d-to...
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baudolino
Masters Student
Posts: 552
Loc: The bubble
Reg: 10-24-07
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06-29-17 11:33 AM - Post#230452
In response to BisonRoadWarrior
From the article: "Current Atlanta Hawks player Mike Muscala later became the all-time leading scorer under Flannery."
What?
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bison63
Postdoc
Posts: 3857
Reg: 01-23-06
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07-01-17 05:51 PM - Post#230515
In response to baudolino
Good article despite that glaring error! You know back in the day ( read that my day), freshman did not play varsity sports. Also the season schedule was about 22 games. Thus players like Tommy played 66 games if they stayed healthy. Compare that to nearly 120 games todays' players play. Thus a TT who scored something in the neighborhood of 850 points, would project out to about a 1500 point scorer with today's schedules. Bison hoops was not what it is today back then, but we played in a conference that included Temple, St Joes, and Lasalle ( thus guaranteeing we would never win a conference championship). Most seasons we were around .500, and iirc things stayed that way till Charlie Woollum came and discovered winning.
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