Steve Thompson (defensive tackle, born 1945)

Steve Thompson

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Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	(1945-02-12) February 12, 1945 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lake Stevens (WA)
College:	Washington
NFL draft:	1968 / round: 2 / pick: 44
Career history
New York Jets (1968–1970, 1972–1973)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (III) AFL champion (1968) 2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1966, 1967)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 43 Games started: 23 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Steve Thompson (born February 12, 1945) is an American former professional football defensive tackle. He played high school football at Lake Stevens High School and college football at the University of Washington in Seattle under head coach Jim Owens.

Selected in the second round of the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft (44th overall), Thompson spent five seasons with the New York Jets in 1968–1970 and 1972–1973 before playing with the Portland Storm of the World Football League (WFL) in 1974 and the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1975.

From 1991 to August 2015, he was the senior pastor at Victory Foursquare Church in Marysville, Washington. He received a doctoral degree in Transformational Leadership from Bakke Graduate University in 2020.

References

• Steve Thompson NFL.com
• "Where Are They Now: Steve Thompson" Seattle Post-Intelligencer October 21, 2003
• Pastor Stephen Victory Foursquare Church website

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference