| Birth name | Thomas Perry Lang McGlashan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 December 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 September 2020 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gullane, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom McGlashan (29 December 1925 – 17 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Royal HSFP. [2] 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. [3] He won the Langholm Sevens in 1949. [4]
He also played for the Co-Optimists. [3]
Provincial career
He was capped for Edinburgh District in the 1946 inter-city match against Glasgow District. [5]
He played for Whites Trial in their match against Blues Trial on 21 December 1946. [6]
He graduated to play for the Scotland Probables in the final trial match on 18 January 1947. [7]
He played for Cities District in their match against Australia on 15 October 1947. [8]
International career
He was capped eight times for Scotland between 1947 and 1954. [9]
He also represented the Barbarians. [3]
Administrative career
He served three terms as President of Royal HSFP. [3]
He was a Honorary President of the Co-Optimists. [3]
Boxing career
He obtained a boxing blue at Edinburgh University. [10] He won the Scottish Universities heavyweight title in 1950. [3]
Athletics career
He was credited with a Scottish schools record in the Shot Putt. He was still on the Scottish rankings at age 34. [3]
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. [10]
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. [11]
References
- ^ "Thomas Perry Lang McGlashan". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://mobile.twitter.com/RoyalHighRugby/status/1317018091415605248
- ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary: Tom McGlashan, rugby internationalist who won eight caps | The Scotsman".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Wallabies' Display Was Best of Tour". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1947.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tom McGlashan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "Former Scotland rugby international Tom McGlashan remembered". East Lothian Courier. 29 September 2020.
- ^ Reid, Alasdair (2 October 2023). "Rugby star gives brain to dementia fight" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- 1925 births
- 2020 deaths
- Royal HSFP players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scotland Probables players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- Co-Optimist Rugby Club players
- Whites Trial players
- Cities District players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh