| Birth name | Thomas Perry Lang McGlashan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 December 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 September 2020 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gullane, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom McGlashan (29 December 1925 – 17 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He played for Royal HSFP. [2] During his time at the club they came second in the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1951–52 season; and won the Jed-Forest Sevens in 1947. [3] He won the Langholm Sevens in 1949. [4]
He also played for the Co-Optimists. [3]
He was capped for Edinburgh District in the 1946 inter-city match against Glasgow District. [5]
He played for Whites Trial in their match against Blues Trial on 21 December 1946. [6]
He graduated to play for the Scotland Probables in the final trial match on 18 January 1947. [7]
He played for Cities District in their match against Australia on 15 October 1947. [8]
He was capped eight times for Scotland between 1947 and 1954. [9]
He also represented the Barbarians. [3]
He served three terms as President of Royal HSFP. [3]
He was a Honorary President of the Co-Optimists. [3]
He obtained a boxing blue at Edinburgh University. [10] He won the Scottish Universities heavyweight title in 1950. [3]
He was credited with a Scottish schools record in the Shot Putt. He was still on the Scottish rankings at age 34. [3]
He became a dentist. However he was still involved in rugby union. He pioneered the use of gumshields for the players, and was Scottish Rugby's honorary dentist. [10]
He died of Alzheimer's Disease at the Muirfield Nursing Home in Gullane. He donated his brain to the University of Glasgow in their research of head injury and dementia. [11]
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