STATISTICS & HISTORY
Homer Thompson graduated from Jeffersonville High School where he played on the celebrated 1935 Jeffersonville basketball team. He went to the University of Kentucky on scholarship and played with Adolph Rupp’s Wildcats. After graduation, he played with the Indinapolis Kautsky’s for one season. He served in the Marines during World War II and later returned to his his high school alma mater as a teacher and coach.
| HOMER THOMPSON | Height: | 6:04 | Weight: | 215 | College: | Kentucky’39 | |||||
| Homer Winston
Thompson |
Born: Jan 18, 1916 | Died: Jun 19, 2007 | Hometown: | Jeffersonville, Ind. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1935-36 | Kentucky (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Kentucky | College | 22 | 45 | 19 | 109 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Kentucky | College | 18 | 27 | 36 | 90 | 5.0 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Kentucky | College | 19 | 44 | 40 | 128 | 6.7 | ||||
| 1939-40 | Indianapolis | NBL | 24 | 27 | 52 | 77 | .675 | 106 | 4.4 | ||
| 1944-46 | US Marines | Military Service | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Indianapolis–Sheboygan | NBL | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 8 | 2.0 | ||
| 1947-48 | Louisville | PBLA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 4 | 1.0 | ||
| Major League Totals | 32 | 31 | 56 | 85 | .659 | 118 | 3.7 | ||||