J. Neils Thompson

Sport: Multi
Position: Multi
Inducted: 1979
Hometown: Canyon, Texas

FOOTBALL (1934)
ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION (1955-79)

· Squad member of the 1934 Football team
· Member, UT Athletics Council for Men (1955-79)
· Chair, UT Athletics Council for Men (1964-79)
· Faculty Athletics Representative to the Southwest Conference (1964-79)
· President, Southwest Conference (1964-79)
· President, NCAA (1977-78)
· Highly respected UT engineering professor who for almost a quarter of a century was a guiding force, both locally and nationally, in the structuring of college athletics