George Thomson (rugby union, died 2005)
George Thomson was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1][2]
| Birth name | George W. Thomson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 1982–1983 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Fraser MacAllister | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Adam Robson | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
He played for Watsonians.[3] He played sevens for Watsonians in the 1946 Jed-Forest Sevens.[4]
He played for a Scottish Services XV in 1944.[5]
Administrative career edit
Thomson became the 96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1982 to 1983.[6]
Military career edit
He was a sub-Lieutenant in the Second World War.[7] He won a Distinguished Service Cross for his work on Arctic convoys.[8]
Death edit
Thomson died in 2005.
Jim Telfer described Thomson as 'the father of (rugby union) coaching in Scotland'. He went to say:[9]
We lost a great man when George died in 2005. It was his enthusiasm of developing a professional, cutting edge to rugby coaching that inspired me. Intriguingly he was fanatical about the development of the ruck as part of the Scottish armoury and, believe it or not, occasionally I had to dampen down his enthusiasm.
References edit
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Smith, Ian (10 October 2019). A Full Back Slower Than Your Average Prop. ISBN 9781788851824.
- ^ Ferguson, David; Telfer, Jim (14 September 2012). Jim Telfer: Looking Back . . . For Once. ISBN 9781780577104.