Tom McGlashan

Rugby player

Tom McGlashan

Birth name| Thomas Perry Lang McGlashan

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Date of birth| (1925-12-29)29 December 1925
Place of birth| Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death| 17 September 2020(2020-09-17) (aged 94)
Place of death| Gullane, Scotland
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Prop

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Amateur team(s)
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1942-64|  Royal HSFP|  249|  ()
|  Co-Optimists|  |  ()
Provincial / State sides
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1946|  Edinburgh District|  |  ()
1946|  Whites Trial|  |  ()
1947|  Scotland Probables|  |  ()
1947|  Cities District|  |  ()
International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1947-54|  Scotland|  8|  (0)
1947|  Barbarians|  |

Tom McGlashan (29 December 1925 – 17 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

## Rugby Union career

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### Amateur career

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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

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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

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He was capped eight times for Scotland between 1947 and 1954.[9]

He also represented the Barbarians.[3]

### Administrative career

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He served three terms as President of Royal HSFP.[3]

He was a Honorary President of the Co-Optimists.[3]

## Boxing career

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He obtained a boxing blue at Edinburgh University.[10] He won the Scottish Universities heavyweight title in 1950.[3]

## Athletics career

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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

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Thomas Perry Lang McGlashan". ESPN scrum.
2. ^ https://mobile.twitter.com/RoyalHighRugby/status/1317018091415605248
3. ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary: Tom McGlashan, rugby internationalist who won eight caps | The Scotsman".
4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 - via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
6. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
7. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
8. ^ "Wallabies' Display Was Best of Tour". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1947.
9. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tom McGlashan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
10. ^ a b "Former Scotland rugby international Tom McGlashan remembered". East Lothian Courier. 29 September 2020.
11. ^ Reid, Alasdair (2 October 2023). "Rugby star gives brain to dementia fight" - via www.thetimes.co.uk.