Alex Thomson (rugby union) explained
Alex Thomson |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1921 |
Birth Place: | Kettins, Angus, Scotland |
Death Date: | 2010 (aged 89)[1] |
Death Place: | Dumfries, Scotland |
Ru Position: | Lock |
Ru Amateuryears: | - |
Ru Amateurclubs: | |
Ru Nationalteam: | |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1949 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 1 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Province: | |
Ru Provinceyears: | - |
Alexander McNiven Thomson (20 February 1921 – 2010) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Thomson played as a Lock.[2]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Thomson played for University of St. Andrews.[3]
Provincial career
Thomson was selected for the combined North of Scotland team to play the South on 12 November 1949.[4]
International career
He was capped for Scotland just once. He played in the Scotland v Ireland match at Murrayfield Stadium on 26 February 1949 in the Five Nations tournament.[5]
Notes and References
- https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=thomson&surname_so=exact&forename=alexander%20mcniven&forename_so=starts&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&sex=M&from_year=1949&to_year=2021&birth_year=1921&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Scotland's People: 834/484 Thomson, Alexander McNiven
- Web site: Alexander McNiven Thomson. ESPN scrum.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19491114&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Glasgow Herald, November 14, 1949, pg. 2
- Web site: Scotland v Ireland. ESPN scrum.