Ian Thomson (rugby union)

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Ian Thomson
Birth nameIan Hosie Munro Thomson
Date of birth(1930-04-13)13 April 1930
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death22 November 2014(2014-11-22) (aged 84)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
School George Heriot's School
University Edinburgh University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Heriot's ()
– Army ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1951-53 Scotland 7 (27)

Ian Thomson (13 April 1930 – 22 November 2014) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer, who played as a Full Back. [1]

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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. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ian Hosie Munro Thomson".
  2. ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ian Thomson - Scottish Rugby Union".
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Ian Thomson - Test matches".
  7. 1 2 "Obituary: Ian Hosie Munro Thomson, rugby player".


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