Bruce Thomson (rugby union)
Birth name | Bruce Ewan Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 November 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Assam, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 January 2020 | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Crieff, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce Thomson (19 November 1930 – 13 January 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Thomson played as a Prop.[1] He was also a noted bagpiper.[2]
Rugby union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Thomson played rugby for Oxford University.[3] He later played rugby for London Scottish.[2]
International career
[edit]Thomson was capped for Scotland 3 times in 1953.[4]
Outside of rugby
[edit]Medical career
[edit]Thomson became a doctor, working as a GP in Horsham, Sussex.[5]
Bagpipes
[edit]Thomson learned the bagpipes at Aberdeen Grammar School.[6]
After school he joined the army where he was taught by Pipe Major Donald McLeod. He composed more than 450 bagpipe tunes and performed for the Queen.[2] He was influenced by Seumas MacNeill, Pipe Major Brian McRae and the members of The Royal Scottish Pipers Society.[6]
Thomson published several books of his bagpipe tunes.[7]
Later life and death
[edit]Thomson later retired to Crieff, Perthshire.[6] He died there on 13 January 2020, at the age of 89.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bruce Ewan Thomson".
- ^ a b c MD, Eric Anderson. "Thomson's Tunes: a Scottish Retired Doctor Brings Fresh Air to the Bagpipes".
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bruce Thomson - Test matches".
- ^ MD, Eric Anderson. "Thomson's Tunes: a Scottish Retired Doctor Brings Fresh Air to the Bagpipes".
- ^ a b c "Dr Bruce Thomson - Autobiography".
- ^ "Bruce Thomson : Pipetunes".