Samuel Huston Thompson

{{Short description|American lawyer and football coach (1875–1966)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Samuel Huston Thompson

| image = Samuel Huston Thompson.png

| caption = Huston, 1923

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|11|1}}

| birth_place = Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|2|17|1875|11|1}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1897

| coach_team1 = Oberlin

| coach_years2 = 1898–1899

| coach_team2 = Lehigh

| coach_years3 = 1900–1901

| coach_team3 = Texas

| overall_record = 24–18–3

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Samuel Huston "Shy" Thompson Jr.{{cite web|title=Triennial Record |year=1900 |url=https://archive.org/stream/triennialrecord00prin/triennialrecord00prin_djvu.txt}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=FHgmAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Mr.+S+Thompson,+the+Football+Coach,+%22Lehigh%22 The University of Texas record: Volume 2] (November 1, 1875 – February 17, 1966)[https://www.jstor.org/pss/20670746 Presidential Mantle Falls on General Donald Armstrong]"Former Chairman Of FTC, Roosevelt Aide Dies At 90", The York Gazette and Daily (February 19, 1966), p. 2, 15. was an American lawyer and college football coach. The Princeton University graduate served as head football coach at Oberlin College in 1897, at Lehigh University from 1898 to 1899, and at the University of Texas at Austin from 1900 to 1901, compiling a career college football record of 24–18–3. He was the first head coach at Texas to return for a second season. Thompson served as assistant U.S. attorney general under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1918 and on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1919 to 1927. He was the chair of the FTC from December 1, 1920 to November 30, 1921, and again from December 1, 1923 to November 30, 1924.[https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/attachments/commissioners/commissioner_chart_november_2018_0.pdf List of Commissioners, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018)].

Early life and education

Born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania,"Huston Thompson, Lewisburg Native, Once US Attorney", The Sunbury Daily Item (February 21, 1966), p. 35. Thompson attended Lawrenceville School and Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1897. He played on the Princeton football team for all four years of his time at that institution.

Coaching career

Thompson was the seventh head football coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for two seasons, from 1898 until 1899. His record at Lehigh was 5–15–1. Highlights of his two seasons included back-to-back victories over rival Rutgers.[http://www.pageturnpro.com/Christmas-City-Printing/6770-Lehigh-2009-Football-Media-Guide/index.html#/92 Lehigh University Sports] 2009 Football Media Guide

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oberlin Yeomen

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1897

| endyear = single

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| year = 1897

| name = Oberlin

| overall = 5–1–1

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| name = Oberlin

| overall = 5–1–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Lehigh

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1898

| endyear = 1899

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1898

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 3–6–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1899

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 2–9

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| name = Lehigh

| overall = 5–15–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Texas Longhorns

| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1900

| endyear = 1901

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1900

| name = Texas

| overall = 6–0

| conference = 1–0

| confstanding = 5th

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1901

| name = Texas

| overall = 8–2–1

| conference = 0–0–1

| confstanding = 7th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Texas

| overall = 14–2–1

| confrecord = 1–0–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 24–18–3

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

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