Robert Donald Thompson (December 21, 1902 – November 9, 1968) was a football player and radio announcer.

[2] After impressing veteran broadcaster Graham McNamee and an NBC Radio executive when filling in as a last-minute announcer for the 1928 East–West Shrine Game, Thompson began to do football play-by-play regularly.

[2] Around 1931, Thompson began hosting a 15-minute sports talk show based at KPO and distributed to three other West Coast radio stations: KGA in Spokane, Washington; KJR in Seattle; and KEX in Portland, Oregon.

[6] In 1932, Thompson joined the national NBC Radio network as director of special events.

[6] During World War II, Thompson was a lieutenant commander for intelligence in the United States Navy.