Rugby player
| Birth name | Ian Hosie Munro Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1930-04-13)13 April 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 November 2014(2014-11-22) (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | George Heriot's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Edinburgh University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Thomson (13 April 1930 – 22 November 2014) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer, who played as a Full Back.
Rugby career
Amateur career
Thomson played for Heriot's. He also played rugby for the Army.
Provincial career
Thomson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1950-51 season's Inter-City match and the 1951-52 season's Inter-City match. Edinburgh District lost both matches.
International career
He was capped for Scotland 7 times between 1951 and 1953, all 7 caps in Five Nations matches. He made his international debut against Wales playing in front of a then record crowd of 80 000 at Murrayfield Stadium.
He battled for the Scotland fullback shirt with Glasgow University's Neil Cameron.
Outside of rugby
Thomson worked in Insurance and worked for Standard Life. He retired in 1990.
Cricket
Thomson was a very good cricketeer. On occasion, he was the twelfth man for Scotland, but he never played for the national side.
References
- "Ian Hosie Munro Thomson".
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Ian Thomson - Scottish Rugby Union".
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Ian Thomson - Test matches".
- ^ "Obituary: Ian Hosie Munro Thomson, rugby player".
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