:Gus Thompson

{{Short description|American baseball player (1877–1958)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Gus Thompson

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1877|6|22}}

|birth_place=Humboldt, Iowa

|death_date={{death date and age|1958|3|28|1877|6|22}}

|death_place=Kalispell, Montana

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 31

|debutyear=1903

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 21

|finalyear=1906

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–13

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.07

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=58

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1903}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{baseball year|1906}})

}}

John Gustav Thompson (June 22, 1877 – March 28, 1958) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thompgu01.shtml "Gus Thompson Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

After his professional baseball career ended, Thompson moved to Kalispell, Montana around 1909 with his wife who was from Kalispell and remained there until his death nearly 50 years later in 1958. He was called "the father of baseball in Kalispell". He ran a pool hall, cigar store and a sports bar.