Date of birth | March 5, 1945 |
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Place of birth | San Francisco, California |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Cornerback |
College | Utah |
NFL draft | 1971 / Round: 1/ Pick 17 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1971–1976 | St. Louis Cardinals |
1977–1979 | Baltimore Colts |
Honors | All Century, Hall of Fame, All American |
Records | Two N.C.A.A.259 yards on interceptions-1969,51.8 avg.-1969,& 3 Return for T.D.s(tied) |
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Norman Jack Thompson (born March 5, 1945) is a National Football League cornerback who played with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Baltimore Colts. He became in 1977 the first free agent in NFL history to sign with another team, when he went to the Colts from the Cardinals.