Oliver David Thompson (September 24, 1855 – June 10, 1925) was an early football player at Yale, who played alongside Walter Camp.

However Thompson is best known for paying Pudge Heffelfinger $500 to play for Allegheny against their rivals, the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.

Since Thompson had worked with Camp for three years, this qualified him as the foremost gridiron authority in western Pennsylvania.

In 1890, Thompson and John Moorhead Jr. returned to their home, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and formed the Allegheny club's football team.

Since both men had played the sport at Yale, alongside Walter Camp, forming team wasn't too hard.

That season, Thompson wrote in his ledger that expenses of $75 were incurred for bringing Sport Donnelly, William C. Malley and Heffelfinger to play for Allegheny against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.

A week later Thompson's ledger shows that Allegheny paid Sport Donnelly $250 for playing against Washington & Jefferson.

Thompson would finish the 1892 season in New York City, defending several Allegheny track and field players from Amateur Athletic Union charges of professionalism.

During a 28–0 victory against the Cleveland Athletic Club that season Thompson played tackle alongside Sport Donnelly.

[7] A year later Thompson helped the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, by setting up an unnamed player who was trying to sell that team's play signals.