Robbie Thompson is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Thompson was recruited from Glenelg for Adelaide's inaugural AFL season in 1991.

He played in the first three games that the club played in the AFL and performed admirably on debut with 20 disposals against Hawthorn.

A half back flanker, he also played in rounds six and 20 but was delisted at the end of the year.