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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:24 pm
by y2Traci
R.I.P. Len, you and Peter McKenna were the reasons I started barracking for Collingwood!
I can't believe he's gone!
Condolences to Len's family and friends.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:33 pm
by kambarker
R.I.P. Len Thompson.
Condolences to your Family, the Collingwood Football Club and to all its members.
He gave us so much enjoyment, watching at Victoria Park, his amazing athleticism in the Ruck.
Floreat Pica.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:04 pm
by Mossi
R.I.P. Len thanks for the memories, condolenses to all your family and your close friends.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:12 pm
by Pa Marmo
Lets hope the pies can get up for Thomos cup and bring home the silverware.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:17 pm
by cobood
What a shock... Heard it on the news at work and had to wait for the next lot for it to sink in...
Requiescat In Pace Len... Always a true gentleman.. we will miss you!
Condolences to family and friends
Frankie
I also pass on my condolences
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:23 pm
by FunkyPieMaster
Like Jonno I got to meet up with Len when he visited Wests Aussie Rules in Sydney. A great man in all senses of the word. He had many great moments in footy which will be recounted heaps of times.
Unfortunately more than his fair share of bad luck on and off the field, which he shared with us when he spoke at Wests. He gave me the impression of being someone who took all this in his stride and gave everything his best in life.
It was a real honour to have met a legend of Collingwood along with all the other SCSC members who attended on the night. Len was a part of Collingwood's and football's history. We will miss him greatly.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:40 pm
by Piethagoras' Theorem
Condolences to family & friends of big Len. May he rest in peace
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:42 pm
by Robbo.D.yobbo
R.I.P thommo....
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:48 pm
by fan4collingwood
I remember in 1970 or 1971, both Peter McKenna and Len Thompson were appearing at VFL House after being reported. So the whole cheersquad had a very quick meeting (at our usual time Monday night) then we headed off to the Spring Street VFL house to chant out the front for our big lads!
Both Thommo and McKenna were rapt with the support, but the officials were not very happy.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:52 pm
by Heather
One of my heroes.....
Gone but not forgotten...
IT'S TIME PIES
Let's do it for all the departed fans...
Sincere sympathy to the whole Collingwood Family...
keep on, keeping on
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:55 pm
by EBB
fan4collingwood wrote:I remember in 1970 or 1971, both Peter McKenna and Len Thompson were appearing at VFL House after being reported. So the whole cheersquad had a very quick meeting (at our usual time Monday night) then we headed off to the Spring Street VFL house to chant out the front for our big lads!
Both Thommo and McKenna were rapt with the support, but the officials were not very happy.
LoL, nice one. Right now, he's probably having a little chuckle.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:59 pm
by malteaser
I tell you if we win the big one, it's for Thommo. He was a part of some very good teams who in a way let him down, we are not going to let anyone down this year.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:23 pm
by ~Madness~
joffa corfe wrote:Laura Thompson has just rang me, she appears to be holding up pretty well.
Our thoughts are with you Laura in this time of extreme sadness
What a lovely girl Laura must be. She seemed to have been ringing those who were in Len's mobile phone. She was ringing and having a chat to those people who were obviously close enough to Len to be in his phone, what a lovely gesture and something which would have been terribly hard to do on this day.
My condolences go out to the family. This is very sad.
My father must have called Len up today to celebrate his (dad's) birthday today. My dad was a big collingwood man, perhaps he wanted more pies up there, he is there with Millane and Len having a beer now.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:43 pm
by magpie_born_and_bred
RIP LEN THOMPSON.
unfortunately not lucky enough to see him play, but still know my Collingwood history!
May he be at peace and the boys fire up and win in his honour!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:44 pm
by regan is true fullback
It's a very sad day when one of your childhood heroes passes away.
Len took us from grainy black and white ABC replays to the living colour of the drawn grand final in 1977.
he was one of the all time greats, the original mobile ruckman.
He wasn't a ferocious protector like Weidemann or Tuddy, but for pure skill, there was never a better sight than Len taking off with the ball.
I guess it's a bit hard to ask the boys to put in a special effort on Friday night for Big Len, but for everything he did for Collingwood, thanks Len.