Tom White (rugby union)

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Tom White
Birth nameThomas Brown White
Date of birth(1866-03-01)1 March 1866
Place of birth Cumnock, Scotland
Date of death5 July 1939(1939-07-05) (aged 73)
Place of death Moffat, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1887
1888		 Edinburgh District
East of Scotland District 		()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1888-89 Scotland 3 (0)

Tom White (1 March 1866 - 5 July 1939) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He was schooled at Edinburgh Academy. [2]

He played for Edinburgh Academicals. [3]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1887. [3]

He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District in February 1888. [4]

International career

He was capped three times for Scotland, in the period 1888 to 1889. [5]

Business career

He worked on the P & O Shipping Line. [2]

Military career

In the First World War he served with the Royal Navy. [2]

Medical career

White went to Edinburgh University to study medicine. He graduated with a M. B. and C. M. in 1888. White became a surgeon, first at the County Hospital in Ayr, then started his own practice in Moffat as a G.P. in 1894. With the exception of the war years, the last 45 years of his life were spent in Moffat. [2] [6]

Other interests

White was a noted Freemason. He also like golf and curling. [2]

Family

His father was Andrew White (1828-1879) and his mother was Janet Young (1831-1869). Andrew White was a solicitor and bank clerk in Cumnock. Tom was one of their 7 children.

He married Isabelle Constance Megret (1869-1942) in Edinburgh. They had one daughter Anita Louise White. [2]

Death

His death was reported as 'sudden' and on the 5 July 1939 by the following day's The Scotsman newspaper. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Brown White". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tom White - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 16 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.


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