Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 10th October, 1953
- Current Age
- 70 years and 346 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1978/1979, 1979
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs Australia 1980
- Interstate Series
- 1979, 1980
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1973, 1976, 1978
- Preseason Cup
- 1980
- Midweek Cup
- 1982, 1983
Biography
Long-serving Manly five-eighth came up through the local juniors, filling in as a winger, centre and halfback, before winning grand finals with the Sea Eagles in 1976 and 1978. One of seven Manly players who toured England and France with the 1978 Kangaroos Alan Thompson captained Australia in several minor tour matches but did not play in a Test until the following year. Thompson took part in the Ashes whitewash of Great Britain in 1979 and played in two Tests on the tour of NZ in 1980. He represented NSW in the first State of Origin match in 1980, and while he continued to play for the Blues until 1984, he did not appear in another Test. Thompson won the 'Dally M' Captain of the Year in 1983 but after successive grand final losses to P’matta in 1982-83 he retired when offered a lower grade coaching position with the Sea Eagles. (He was the Manly record holder for most club games when he retired). Thompson won a reserve grade premiership in 1988 and was the logical successor to Bob Fulton in 1989 but, in hindsight, the move was never going to succeed. It was obvious the loyal clubman did not have the full support of his committee and he was unceremoniously dumped in favour of Graham Lowe after just one season.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Coaching Career Statistics
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Competition | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 40.91% | List | |||||||
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Manly | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 40.91% | List | |||||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Manly | 1989 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 40.91% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Bill Bates
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Your Say
07/11/2013
Great player unselfish team man pleasure to play along side of
08/10/2014
Great team player with deceptive pace and an excellent step. His ability to put players in the gap with long passes was astounding and his combination with rampaging fullback Eadie was especially notable. When he was playing, the whole Manly team played an attractive, open form of Rugby League with lots of ball movement. Alan Thompson had a lot to do with that style of play and it suited him as well.
29/01/2015
When asked what his greatest strength in playing Rugby League was he commented "Consistency, I knew what my job was and I worked hard at doing it". A great footballer and a great man off the field as well, he is well liked by all his peers.
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