| Mike Thompson | |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S. |
| Player Years2: | 1899–1900 |
| Player Team2: | Georgetown |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1908–1910 |
| Coach Team2: | Washington College |
| Coach Years3: | 1911–1912 |
| Coach Team3: | Mount St. Mary's |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1911–1913 |
| Coach Team5: | Mount St. Mary's |
| Coach Years6: | 1917–1920 |
| Coach Team6: | Mount St. Mary's |
| Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
| Coach Years8: | 1901–1912 |
| Coach Team8: | Washington College |
| Coach Years9: | 1911–1913 |
| Coach Team9: | Mount St. Mary's |
| Coach Years10: | 1918–1920 |
| Coach Team10: | Mount St. Mary's |
Michael J. Thompson (July 22, 1877 – May 31, 1939)[1] was once dean of American football officials, as well as a baseball umpire.[2] He famously officiated the 1903 Carlisle-Harvard football game.
He also coached, at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.[3] [4] In Emmitsburg, he was later a burgess. He died unexpectedly on May 31, 1939.[5]
Thompson was born on July 22, 1877, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Owen Thompson and Anna Mary nee Collins.[6] [7] He attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he helped organize the football team. Thompson was a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington D. C., where he was the first graduate manager of athletics in 1901.[8]