Robbie Thompson

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1967)}}

{{About|the Australian rules footballer|the Major League Baseball player and coach|Robby Thompson|the Scottish footballer|Robbie Thomson|other uses|Robert Thompson (disambiguation)|and|Robert Thomson (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Robbie Thompson

| image =

| fullname = Robert Thompson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|10|22}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Seacombe High

| height = 182 cm

| weight = 79 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1991

| years1 = 1987–1993

| club1 = Glenelg

| games_goals1 = 113 (5)

| years2 = 1991

| club2 = Adelaide

| games_goals2 = 5 (0)

| careerhighlights =

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Robbie Thompson (born 22 October 1967) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL)

Thompson was recruited from Glenelg for Adelaide's inaugural AFL season in 1991.

He played in the first three games that the club played in the AFL and performed admirably on debut with 20 disposals against Hawthorn.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Robert_Thompson0.html| title=Robert Thompson| publisher=AFL Tables}}

A half back flanker, he also played in rounds six and 20 before being delisted in the mid season draft in 1992.{{cite web| url=http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx#robbie_thompson| title=Past Players H-O (1–99 games)| publisher=Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227082324/http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersPZ199games/tabid/14424/Default.aspx#robbie_thompson| archivedate=27 February 2011| df=dmy-all}}