George_Thomson_(rugby_union,_died_2005)

George Thomson (rugby union, died 2005)

George Thomson (rugby union, died 2005)

Scottish rugby union player

George Thomson was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1][2]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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

Thomson became the 96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1982 to 1983.[6]

Military career

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

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

  1. [1]
    "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. [3]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. [8]
    Smith, Ian (10 October 2019). A Full Back Slower Than Your Average Prop. ISBN 9781788851824.
  9. [9]
    Ferguson, David; Telfer, Jim (14 September 2012). Jim Telfer: Looking Back . . . For Once. ISBN 9781780577104.


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