Bruce Thomson (rugby union)

Bruce Thomson

Birth name	Bruce Ewan Thomson
Date of birth	(1930-11-19)19 November 1930
Place of birth	Assam, India
Date of death	13 January 2020(2020-01-13) (aged 89)
Place of death	Crieff, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Oxford University London Scottish () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1953 Scotland 3 (0)

Bruce Thomson (19 November 1930 - 13 January 2020) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Thomson played as a Prop. He was a noted bagpiper.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Thomson played rugby for Oxford University.

He later played rugby for London Scottish.

International career

He was capped for Scotland 3 times in 1953.

Outside of rugby

Medical career

Thomson became a doctor. He became a GP in Horsham, Sussex.

He retired to Crieff in Perthshire. He died in Crieff on 13 January 2020.

Bagpipes

Thomson learned the bagpipes at Aberdeen Grammar School.

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.

He has also been influenced by Seumas MacNeill, Pipe Major Brian McRae and the members of The Royal Scottish Pipers Society.

He has now published several books of his bagpipe tunes.