Jim Thom Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Gibson . W. N. . James Robert Thom B.Sc., F.I. For. . Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research . 1982 . 55 . 1 . 100.
  2. News: J. R. Thom Honoured . . 26 January 1937.
  3. News: Forestry Director For Wales . Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser . 26 July 1958.
  4. News: Out of the game . Sunday Express . 3 March 1974.