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This 1958 Roosevelt graduate found
a life of coaching, but no cell phone’58 Roosevelt grad
found a coaching life,
but no cell phoneFROM BEDROCK SPORTS HAWAII, APRIL 16, 2022
Walter Thompson Jr. does not have a cell phone, but that fact is not the most extraordinary thing about him.
Thompson can’t tell you exactly what year he started coaching track and field, but his best guess is that it was close to 60 years ago.
Yes indeed, the 1958 Roosevelt graduate is still leading our kids here in Hawaii as the head coach at Le Jardin Academy.
After leaving high school, Thompson went to Orange Coast College in California for a bit before returning to Hawaii.
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