Jimmy Tolmie | |
Birth Name: | James Murdo Tolmie |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1895 |
Birth Place: | New York City, United States |
Ru Position: | Wing |
Amatyears1: | 1913– |
Amatteam1: | Glasgow HSFP |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1919 |
Ru Province1: | Glasgow District |
Repteam1: | Scotland |
Repyears1: | 1922 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Jimmy Tolmie (20 November 1895 – 9 March 1955) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Tolmie went to the High School of Glasgow from 1907 to 1912.[2]
He played rugby union for Glasgow HSFP from 1913 onwards.[3]
He was noted as a resolute player, showing 'determination to go for the line at whatever cost to himself, his opponents, the corner flag, or the spectators'.[2]
He played for Glasgow District in the 1919 inter-city match.[4]
He received one cap for Scotland, in 1922.[5]
His solitary cap came after his clubmate, and rival for the Scotland place, Arthur Browning was injured in a match against Heriots.[2]
He enlisted soon after the First World War began. He was mentioned twice in despatches.[2]
His father was Murdo Tolmie from Dingwall in Ross-shire, and his mother Elizabeth Masterton (c.1860–1945).[2] He married Isobel Hunter Scott.
He died on 9 March 1955 and is buried in Biggar churchyard in South Lanarkshire.