John Thompson

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Hall of Fame coach basketball coach college basketball coach human

John Thompson was a Hall of Fame college basketball coach best known for leading Georgetown University to the 1984 NCAA championship and becoming the first Black head coach to win the men’s national title.

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Label	Occurrences
John Thompson Jr.	6
John Thompson canonical	3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hall of Fame coach ⓘ basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	NCAA championship (head coach, 1984) ⓘ Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ surface form: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
coachOf	Allen Iverson ⓘ Alonzo Mourning ⓘ Dikembe Mutombo ⓘ Patrick Ewing ⓘ
collegeAttended	Providence College ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1941-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2020-08-30 ⓘ
draftedBy	Boston Celtics ⓘ
draftYear	1964 ⓘ
education	Providence College ⓘ
employer	Georgetown University ⓘ
endTime	1999 (as Georgetown head coach) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Thompson ⓘ
fullName	John Robert Thompson Jr. ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasChild	John Thompson III ⓘ Ronny Thompson ⓘ Tiffany Thompson ⓘ
headCoachOf	Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball ⓘ
jerseyNumber	27 (Boston Celtics) ⓘ
knownFor	Advocacy for Black athletes and civil rights ⓘ Building Georgetown into a national basketball power ⓘ Walking off the court in protest of NCAA Proposition 42 in 1989 ⓘ
league	National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Boston Celtics ⓘ Providence Friars men's basketball ⓘ
notableAchievement	First Black head coach to win the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship ⓘ Led Georgetown University to the 1984 NCAA men's basketball championship ⓘ Reached three NCAA men's Final Fours with Georgetown (1982, 1984, 1985) ⓘ
occupation	basketball coach ⓘ basketball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Arlington, Virginia, United States
positionPlayed	center ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
spouse	Gwendolyn Thompson ⓘ
startTime	1972 (as Georgetown head coach) ⓘ
yearOfHallOfFameInduction	1999 (Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame) ⓘ