Bruce Thomson (rugby union)
Scotland international rugby union player (1930–2020)
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Bruce Thomson (19 November 1930 – 13 January 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Thomson played as a Prop.[1] He was also a noted bagpiper.[2]
19 November 1930
| Born | Bruce Ewan Thomson 19 November 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 13 January 2020 (aged 89) Crieff, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union career
Amateur career
Thomson played rugby for Oxford University.[3] He later played rugby for London Scottish.[2]
International career
Outside of rugby
Medical career
Thomson became a doctor, working as a GP in Horsham, Sussex.[5]
Bagpipes
Thomson learned the bagpipes at Aberdeen Grammar School.[6]
After school he joined the army where he was taught by Pipe Major Donald McLeod. He composed more than 450 bagpipe tunes and performed for the Queen.[2] He was influenced by Seumas MacNeill, Pipe Major Brian McRae and the members of The Royal Scottish Pipers Society.[6]
Thomson published several books of his bagpipe tunes.[7]
Later life and death
Thomson later retired to Crieff, Perthshire.[6] He died there on 13 January 2020, at the age of 89.[1]
