Birth name | Ian Hosie Munro Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 April 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 November 2014 | (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. [1]
Thomson played for Heriot's. [2] He also played rugby for the Army. [3]
Thomson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1950-51 season's Inter-City match [4] and the 1951-52 season's Inter-City match. [5] Edinburgh District lost both matches.
He was capped for Scotland 7 times between 1951 and 1953, all 7 caps in Five Nations matches. [6] He made his international debut against Wales playing in front of a then record crowd of 80 000 at Murrayfield Stadium. [3]
He battled for the Scotland fullback shirt with Glasgow University's Neil Cameron. [7]
Thomson worked in Insurance and worked for Standard Life. He retired in 1990. [3]
Thomson was a very good cricketeer. On occasion, he was the twelfth man for Scotland, but he never played for the national side. [8]
Birth name | Ian Hosie Munro Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 April 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 November 2014 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | George Heriot's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Edinburgh University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. [1]
Thomson played for Heriot's. [2] He also played rugby for the Army. [3]
Thomson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1950-51 season's Inter-City match [4] and the 1951-52 season's Inter-City match. [5] Edinburgh District lost both matches.
He was capped for Scotland 7 times between 1951 and 1953, all 7 caps in Five Nations matches. [6] He made his international debut against Wales playing in front of a then record crowd of 80 000 at Murrayfield Stadium. [3]
He battled for the Scotland fullback shirt with Glasgow University's Neil Cameron. [7]
Thomson worked in Insurance and worked for Standard Life. He retired in 1990. [3]
Thomson was a very good cricketeer. On occasion, he was the twelfth man for Scotland, but he never played for the national side. [8]