George Thomson (rugby union)

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 Dsitringuished 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. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
2. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19820619/468/0020
3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19461118/154/0007
4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002162/19460503/074/0002
5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19441230/189/0004
6. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
7. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19441230/189/0004
8. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PLWuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT158&lpg=PT158&dq=%22George+Thomson%22+%22SRU%22&source=bl&ots=DE2oSZwCRY&sig=ACfU3U3czo6Mg5RKOJVJtYurVF7v-H7PfQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_g73-stvoAhWwgVwKHbB-A8QQ6AEwBXoECAsQNw#v=onepage&q=%22George%20Thomson%22%20%22SRU%22&f=false
9. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AHPiNU6Glk8C&pg=PT42&lpg=PT42&dq=%22George+Thomson%22+%22scottish+rugby+union%22&source=bl&ots=EG_Y2JLhtw&sig=ACfU3U0nwiXx8Kel5CuE3RLy7S6v_Do8Mw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwvObistvoAhUEYsAKHUnnD8MQ6AEwBnoECAsQKA#v=onepage&q=%22George%20Thomson%22%20%22scottish%20rugby%20union%22&f=false