Jim Thom | |
Full Name: | James Robert Thom |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1910 |
Birth Place: | Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
Death Place: | Morningside, Scotland |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1933 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
James Robert Thom (22 November 1910 — 13 December 1981) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Thom was born in Kirkcaldy and educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh.[1]
A prop, Thom was capped three times for Scotland in the 1933 Home Nations.[2]
Thom held a forestry degree from the University of Edinburgh. He worked as a conservator and held high ranking positions with the Forestry Commission.[3] His son, J. Stuart Thom, was the Conservative candidate for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles in the 1974 general election (February), losing to David Steel.[4]