George Thomson (rugby union, died 2005)

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

GeorgeThomson

Birth name	George W. Thomson
Date of death	2005
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Watsonians ()
96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office 1982–1983
Preceded by	Fraser MacAllister
Succeeded by	Adam Robson

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