George Thomson (rugby union)
# George Thomson (rugby union)

George Thomson was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

## Rugby Union career

### Amateur career

He played for Watsonians. He played sevens for Watsonians in the 1946 Jed-Forest Sevens.

He played for a Scottish Services XV in 1944.

### Administrative career

Thomson became the 96th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1982 to 1983.

## Military career

He was a sub-Lieutenant in the Second World War. He won a Distinguished Service Cross for his work on Arctic convoys.

## Death

Thomson died in 2005.

Jim Telfer described Thomson as 'the father of (rugby union) coaching in Scotland'. He went to say:

   We lost a great man when George died in 2005. It was his enthusiasm of developing a professional, cutting edge to rugby coaching that inspired me. Intriguingly he was fanatical about the development of the ruck as part of the Scottish armoury and, believe it or not, occasionally I had to dampen down his enthusiasm.
