John Thompson, the first general manager of the Seattle Seahawks, died earlier this week at the age of 95, the team announced on Wednesday. FOX13
in Las Vegas. A cause of death was not yet available.
A South Bend, Wash. native, Thompson attended the University of Washington before becoming a sports information director for the school. He later moved to the NFL where he ran the public relations department for the Minnesota Vikings for 11 years when they entered the league as an expansion franchise in 1960.
Thompson would be named NFL Executive of the Year by The Sporting News in 1978 after Seattle managed a 9-7 season in their third year of existence.
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