Gary Grant Thompson... speaks English... soccer family (brother Wayne)... his father was born in Halifax, ENG while his mother was born in Duff, SK, CAN... grew up participating in soccer, baseball... he was nine years old when he started playing soccer for Fraserview United in Vancouver... he started playing soccer as a goalkeeper, but then switched to forward... growing up, favourites included Ken Pears, Pelé, George Best... worked as a school teacher in Coquitlam...

represented Canada in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Olympic Qualifiers and one edition of the Pan American Games... career 15 international appearances across seven years from 1971 to 1977 with Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team, including seven international "A" appearances...

a two-time Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Challenge Trophy 1966, 1971)... one-time Pacific Coast League winner (1972-73)...

said Gary Thompson in 2018, “my biggest asset was my speed. I could also kick with both feet, so it wouldn’t matter if I was on the left or the right side. I was fast enough and that made it tougher for some of the opposing defenders”...

For Country

represented Canada at VI Pan American Games Cali 1971... represented Canada in 1971 Olympic Qualifying for München 1972... he was 31 years old when he made his debut for Canada at the national A level (24 September 1976)... represented Canada in 1976-77 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Argentina 1978 (helped Canada finish fourth in the 1977 CONCACAF Championship)...