Tom McGlashan

Tom McGlashan

Birth name	Thomas Perry Lang McGlashan
Date of birth	(1925-12-29)29 December 1925
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	17 September 2020(2020-09-17) (aged 94)
Place of death	Gullane, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1942-64 Royal HSFP 249 () Co-Optimists () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1946 Edinburgh District () 1946 Whites Trial () 1947 Scotland Probables () 1947 Cities District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1947-54 Scotland 8 (0) 1947 Barbarians

Tom McGlashan (29 December 1925 – 17 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Royal HSFP. During his time at the club they came second in the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1951–52 season; and won the Jed-Forest Sevens in 1947. He won the Langholm Sevens in 1949.

He also played for the Co-Optimists.

Provincial career

He was capped for Edinburgh District in the 1946 inter-city match against Glasgow District.

He played for Whites Trial in their match against Blues Trial on 21 December 1946.

He graduated to play for the Scotland Probables in the final trial match on 18 January 1947.

He played for Cities District in their match against Australia on 15 October 1947.

International career

He was capped eight times for Scotland between 1947 and 1954.

He also represented the Barbarians.

Administrative career

He served three terms as President of Royal HSFP.

He was a Honorary President of the Co-Optimists.

Boxing career

He obtained a boxing blue at Edinburgh University. He won the Scottish Universities heavyweight title in 1950.

Athletics career

He was credited with a Scottish schools record in the Shot Putt. He was still on the Scottish rankings at age 34.

Medical career

He became a dentist. However he was still involved in rugby union. He pioneered the use of gumshields for the players, and was Scottish Rugby's honorary dentist.

Death

He died of Alzheimer's Disease at the Muirfield Nursing Home in Gullane. He donated his brain to the University of Glasgow in their research of head injury and dementia.