Ian Thomson (rugby union)
Birth name | Ian Hosie Munro Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 April 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 November 2014 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | George Heriot's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Edinburgh University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Thomson (13 April 1930 – 22 November 2014) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer, who played as a Full Back.[1]
Rugby career[]
Amateur career[]
Thomson played for Heriot's.[2] He also played rugby for the Army.[3]
Provincial career[]
Thomson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1950-51 season's Inter-City match[4] and the 1951-52 season's Inter-City match.[5] Edinburgh District lost both matches.
International career[]
He was capped for Scotland 7 times between 1951 and 1953, all 7 caps in Five Nations matches.[6] He made his international debut against Wales playing in front of a then record crowd of 80 000 at Murrayfield Stadium.[3]
He battled for the Scotland fullback shirt with Glasgow University's Neil Cameron.[7]
Outside of rugby[]
Thomson worked in Insurance and worked for Standard Life. He retired in 1990.[3]
Cricket[]
Thomson was a very good cricketeer. On occasion, he was the twelfth man for Scotland, but he never played for the national side.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Ian Hosie Munro Thomson".
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ian Thomson - Scottish Rugby Union".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Ian Thomson - Test matches".
- ^ "Obituary: Ian Hosie Munro Thomson, rugby player".
- ^ "Obituary: Ian Hosie Munro Thomson, rugby player".
- 1930 births
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Heriot's RC players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- 2014 deaths