| Bruce Thomson | |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Assam, British India |
| Death Place: | Crieff, Scotland |
| Ru Position: | Prop |
| Ru Amateuryears: | - |
| Ru Amateurclubs: | |
| Ru Nationalteam: | |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 3 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 1953 |
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]
Thomson played rugby for Oxford University.[3] He later played rugby for London Scottish.[2]
Thomson was capped for 3 times in 1953.[4]
Thomson became a doctor, working as a GP in Horsham, Sussex.[5]
Thomson learned the bagpipes at Aberdeen Grammar School.
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.
Thomson published several books of his bagpipe tunes.[6]
Thomson later retired to Crieff, Perthshire.[7] He died there on 13 January 2020, at the age of 89.[1]