Fred Thompson (coach)
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Fred Thompson (May 21, 1933 – January 22, 2019) was an American lawyer and track and field coach. A graduate of Boys High School, where he was a track athlete, City College of New York and St. John's University School of Law, he was an Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York from 1967 to 1969. As a coach he founded the Atoms Track Club in 1963.
Thompson died from complications of Alzheimer's disease at his home in Brooklyn, New York, on January 22, 2019.[1] That same year, he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[2]
