Rugby player
| Birth name | Alexander McNiven Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1921-02-20)20 February 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kettins, Angus, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2010 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dumfries, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander McNiven Thomson (20 February 1921 – 2010) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Thomson played as a Lock.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Thomson played for University of St. Andrews.
Provincial career
Thomson was selected for the combined North of Scotland team to play the South on 12 November 1949.
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.
References
- Scotland's People: 834/484 Thomson, Alexander McNiven
- "Alexander McNiven Thomson". ESPN scrum.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- The Glasgow Herald, November 14, 1949, pg. 2
- "Scotland v Ireland". ESPN scrum.