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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Fred Thomson -- Whoopee! What a Humdinger! -- March 11, 2025

Greensboro News, 20-March-1925

Fred Thomson (no relation) had a diverse career. While attending the Princeton Theological Seminary, he earned the Amateur Athletic Union's All-Around Champion trophy in 1910, 1911 and 1913. After being ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he joined the Army and served as a chaplain during World War One. He went into the movie business after he married director and screenwriter Frances Marion. In time, he became a major western star. Sadly, he died of Tetanus in 1928.

Omaha Daily News, 01-March-1925

Fred Thomson and Silver King were a popular team.

Shreveport Times, 22-March-1925

Thomson was a supporter and a member of the Boy Scouts. 

Shreveport Times, 22-March-1925

San Francisco Bulletin, 23-March-1925

Omaha Daily News, 01-March-1925

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