Bruce Thomson (rugby union)
Birth name | Bruce Ewan Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 November 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Assam, 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) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Thomson played as a Prop.[1] He was a noted bagpiper.[2]
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Thomson played rugby for Oxford University.[3]
He later played rugby for London Scottish.[2]
International career
He was capped for Scotland 3 times in 1953.[4]
Outside of rugby
Medical career
Thomson became a doctor. He became a GP in Horsham, Sussex.[5]
He retired to Crieff in Perthshire.[6] He died in Crieff on 13 January 2020.
Bagpipes
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 has composed more than 450 bagpipe tunes and has performed for the Queen.[2]
He has also been influenced by Seumas MacNeill, Pipe Major Brian McRae and the members of The Royal Scottish Pipers Society.[6]
He has now published several books of his bagpipe tunes.[7]
References
- ^ "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".
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