Robert Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1947)
Robert W. "Bob" Thompson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League. While with Essendon he won a reserves premiership in 1968. After leaving the Bombers, he played with Subiaco in the West Australian Football League, Preston in the Victorian Football Association and then returned to his original team, Castlemaine. He was later an assistant coach of Essendon's under-19s and coached Essendon Grammar Old Boys.
