Bill Thompson

William G. Thompson, known as Bill, was an American rower, born on 19 July 1908 in Napa, California. He rowed as the number four man in the University of California eight that won the gold medal in the eights at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Standing 190 centimetres tall, he was the strongest-built member of that crew. After his rowing days he trained as an engineer, married Sally Lincoln in 1933, and was active in community service in El Segundo, California, where he served as president of the school board and of the planning commission. He died on 8 February 1956.