Tom McGlashan (29 December 1925 – 17 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| 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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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editHe 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
editHe 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
editHe was capped eight times for Scotland between 1947 and 1954.[9]
He also represented the Barbarians.[3]
Administrative career
editHe served three terms as President of Royal HSFP.[3]
He was a Honorary President of the Co-Optimists.[3]
Boxing career
editHe obtained a boxing blue at Edinburgh University.[10] He won the Scottish Universities heavyweight title in 1950.[3]
Athletics career
editHe was credited with a Scottish schools record in the Shot Putt. He was still on the Scottish rankings at age 34.[3]
Medical career
editHe 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
editHe 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
edit- ^ "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.