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British Lions & Scotland international rugby union footballer For other people named Thomas Elliot, see Thomas Elliot (disambiguation). For the Langholm player, see Tommy Elliot. For the Gala wing, see Tom Elliot (rugby union, born 1880).

Rugby player
Tom Elliot MBE
Birth nameThomas Elliot
Date of birth6 April 1926
Place of birthGalashiels, Scotland
Date of death3 May 1998(1998-05-03) (aged 72)
Place of deathScottish Borders, Scotland
SchoolLoretto School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Gala ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
South of Scotland ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955-1958 Scotland 14 (0)
1955 British and Irish Lions 0 (0)
– Barbarians

Thomas Elliot MBE (6 April 1926 – 3 May 1998) was a Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Prop.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Elliot was born into a farming family in the Scottish Borders. He was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose and at Loretto School, Musselburgh. After school he joined Gala RFC and played for the 2XV at lock. He soon moved to loose-head prop and over the next fifteen years made the position his own. Early in his career he gained a reputation for rumbustious play. Bill McLaren described him as "a tough rugged son of the soil".

Provincial career

Elliot was capped by South of Scotland District.

International career

Elliot made his debut for Scotland in the 1955 Five Nations Championship. Scotland beat Wales 14–8 at Murrayfield. His next match against Ireland resulted in another victory at the same venue. Elliot also played in a narrow 9–6 defeat to England at Twickenham.

In the 1956 Five Nations Championship he played all four matches. Scotland won one match against France at Murrayfield. The following year Scotland won two matches in the 1957 Five Nations Championship; Elliot played in every match. He played two matches in the 1958 Five Nations Championship, losing to Wales and Ireland. In between he played in a 12–8 victory over Australia at Murrayfield on their 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.

Elliot was selected for the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa, alongside his compatriot and fellow prop Hugh McLeod. If it were not for the outstanding Meredith brothers from Wales, they would have played in the Test matches. As it was Elliot played eight of the midweek games. He also played for the Barbarian F.C.

Farming career

Elliot had farming interests in the Borders and Sutherland. He was a former president of the Selkirk branch of the National Farmers Union of Scotland, and former president of the Borders area. His animals often won championships at the Royal Highland Show near Edinburgh, of which he became a director. Elliot was also a past president of the Cheviot Sheep Society, member of the government's Hill Farming Advisory Committee and a director of the Moredun Foundation. For his contributions to farming he was awarded an MBE in 1989.

References

  1. Bath, Richard (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-905326-24-2.
  2. ^ "Tom Elliot". The Times. 16 May 1998. p. 25. ProQuest 317946295.
  3. ^ "Tom Elliot". The Herald (Glasgow). 12 May 1998. p. 18. ProQuest 332435555.
  4. McLaren, Bill (1991). Talking of Rugby: An Autobiography. Hutchinson. p. 18. ISBN 009173875X.
  5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. "Tom Elliot". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Tom Elliot - Match by Match". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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