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Bruce Thomson (rugby union)

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Bruce Thomson
Birth nameBruce Ewan Thomson
Date of birth(1930-11-19)19 November 1930
Place of birthAssam, British India
Date of death13 January 2020(2020-01-13) (aged 89)
Place of deathCrieff, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Oxford University ()
London Scottish ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1953 Scotland 3 (0)

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

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Amateur career

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Thomson played rugby for Oxford University.[3] He later played rugby for London Scottish.[2]

International career

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Thomson was capped for Scotland 3 times in 1953.[4]

Outside of rugby

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Medical career

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Thomson became a doctor, working as a GP in Horsham, Sussex.[5]

Bagpipes

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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

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Thomson later retired to Crieff, Perthshire.[6] He died there on 13 January 2020, at the age of 89.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bruce Ewan Thomson".
  2. ^ a b c MD, Eric Anderson. "Thomson's Tunes: a Scottish Retired Doctor Brings Fresh Air to the Bagpipes".
  3. ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bruce Thomson - Test matches".
  5. ^ MD, Eric Anderson. "Thomson's Tunes: a Scottish Retired Doctor Brings Fresh Air to the Bagpipes".
  6. ^ a b c "Dr Bruce Thomson - Autobiography".
  7. ^ "Bruce Thomson : Pipetunes".