Tom Beim (born 11 December 1975 in Frimley, England) is a former professional rugby union footballer, who played on the wing for Sale, Gloucester, Viadana, Pertemps Bees, the Barbarians and England. He is now a professional polo player for Lodge Services polo team backed by Stuart Lodge.

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Tom Beim

Birth name	Thomas Beim
Date of birth	(1975-12-11) 11 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Frimley, England
Height	5.4 ft (1.6 m)
Weight	11 st (70 kg)
School	Whitefriars & Cheltenham College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Hamiltons (south africa) () Correct as of 4 July 2014 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–96 1996–99 1999-03 2003- Gloucester Rugby Sale Sharks Gloucester Rugby Viadana 2 61 77 ? (5) (205) (120) (?) Correct as of 4 July 2014 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1998 England 2 (5) Correct as of 4 July 2014

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Beim was a prolific try scorer in the Premiership with Gloucester and Sale before moving to Italian side Viadana. Beim holds the record for the number of tries scored in a Heineken Cup game, touching down five times against Italian club Roma. During his two seasons at Viadana he scored 31 tries. After a succession of injuries, Beim retired from professional rugby and has carved out a successful international polo career ever since. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before victory in the play-offs constituted the new format for winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated Bristol Rugby.^[1]

Beim made two appearances for England during the 1998 summer tour of New Zealand and featured in the England squad again in 2002 when he was called in as a replacement during the tour match of Argentina. He later toured there playing for the England A side on a number of occasions. He also appeared for the Barbarians.