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Thomson ‘donated his whole life’ to Spartans
22 minute read Thursday, Jun. 5, 2025Kyle Smart figured he knew Don Thomson well enough to have a little fun after playing four years of volleyball and basketball for him.
“He was that person that if you needed to talk about something, whether it was school related, family related, personal, breakup with a girlfriend,” Smart said. “He was a second dad for everybody who’s ever played for him.
“We had a good relationship, so we’d play practical jokes.”
So on a spring day in 2002, he rallied the boys, armed them with toilet paper and headed outside.
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