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leave the club at season's end, led to a disappointing season for
Thompson with Manly failing to make the finals and he was replaced at the end of the season by former
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where
Australia won convincingly 23–6. He played another six tests in his career, with his last being the second test of the 1980 Trans-Tasman series against
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premiership win that year (the first grade team also won their second straight premiership in 1973). Thompson went on to play five-eighth in Manly's
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1222:
615:
548:'s appointment as Australian coach, Thompson was appointed as first grade coach but a turbulent and unsettled year within the club which saw
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2048:
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At the time of his retirement in 1984, Thompson held the record for the most Manly club games: 263 with 62 tries and two field goals.
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2033:
2028:
502:
196:
1030:
565:
487:
246:
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482:. Thompson played from the bench in the Kangaroos' 18–14 loss to the Lions, but retained his place for the deciding test at
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826:
637:
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1023:
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1634:
1618:
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1203:
1004:
815:
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20:
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1304:
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1171:
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Thompson moved into coaching and took the Manly reserve grade side to the Grand Final in 1987 (losing to
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398:(NSWRL) competition from 1973 to 1984 and coached the club in 1989. He primarily played at
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16:
Australian RL coach and former
Australia international rugby league footballer
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594:"Alan Thompson – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project"
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After Manly's 1978 premiership, Thompson was selected for the
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as five-eighth on ten occasions, seven of which were
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19:Not to be confused with the Manly player
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390:footballer and coach. He played for the
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386:) is an Australian former professional
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618:. The Silvertails. Archived from
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867:1978 NSWRFL Premiers (4th title)
859:Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad
678:1976 NSWRFL Premiers (3rd title)
670:Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad
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2029:Australian rugby league coaches
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596:. Rugby League Project
419:district junior from
415:Thompson was a local
368:As of 31 October 2019
273:Coaching information
35:Personal information
622:on 11 February 2012
72:Playing information
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503:New South Wales
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197:New South Wales
155:Representative
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1908:Michael Cronin
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1902:Chris Anderson
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1517:
1501:
1485:
1469:
1453:
1437:
1427:George Mullins
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1405:
1395:Harold Johnson
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1367:
1360:
1352:
1343:
1342:
1340:
1339:
1332:
1327:
1322:
1317:
1312:
1310:Tom Raudonikis
1307:
1302:
1297:
1292:
1290:Michael Cronin
1287:
1282:
1280:Greg Brentnall
1277:
1272:
1270:Kerry Boustead
1267:
1265:Chris Anderson
1262:
1259:George Peponis
1255:
1252:
1251:
1242:
1241:
1234:
1227:
1219:
1210:
1209:
1207:
1206:
1199:
1194:
1189:
1184:
1179:
1174:
1169:
1164:
1162:Tom Raudonikis
1159:
1154:
1152:George Peponis
1149:
1144:
1139:
1134:
1129:
1124:
1119:
1114:
1109:
1104:
1099:
1094:
1092:Michael Cronin
1089:
1084:
1079:
1077:Kerry Boustead
1074:
1072:Chris Anderson
1069:
1063:
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1619:Frank Stanton
1614:
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1192:Bruce Walker
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1172:Steve Rogers
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1102:Geoff Gerard
1097:Graham Eadie
1087:Larry Corowa
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1947:Graeme Wynn
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1699:Graham Lowe
1651:Ray Ritchie
1330:Craig Young
1325:Graeme Wynn
1285:Chris Close
1197:Craig Young
1187:Ian Thomson
1122:Max Krilich
1117:Steve Kneen
1066:Greg Pierce
956:John Harvey
947:Max Krilich
939:Ian Thomson
914:Simon Booth
759:Max Krilich
751:John Harvey
726:Rod Jackson
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574:Graham Lowe
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562:Paul Vautin
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