Dick Thompson (Author)

Richard J. Thompson

• Born July 2, 1955 in Brockton, MA USA
• Died January 2, 2008 in New Bedford, MA USA

Biographical Information

Dick Thompson was a baseball researcher and author. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he worked as a registered nurse at the VA Medical Center in Brockton, MA for 32 years. He was the author of The Ferrell Brothers of Baseball and was a member of SABR. He won the Bob Davids Award in 2004, SABR's highest honor. Before dying unexpectedly in 2008, Thompson had been researching black baseball in New England.