Tom Beim | |
Birth Name: | Thomas Beim |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1975 |
Birth Place: | Frimley, England |
Height: | 5.4feet |
Weight: | 11st |
Ru Position: | Wing |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Hamiltons (south africa) |
Ru Amupdate: | 4 July 2014 |
Ru Nationalteam: | England |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1998 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (5) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 4 July 2014 |
Ru Clubyears: | 1995–96 1996–99 1999-03 2003- |
Ru Clubcaps: | 2 61 77 ? |
Ru Clubpoints: | (5) (205) (120) (?) |
Ru Clubupdate: | 4 July 2014 |
Ru Currentclub: | retired |
Tom Beim (born 11 December 1975 in Frimley, England) is a former professional rugby union footballer, who played on the wing for Sale, Gloucester, Viadana, Pertemps Bees, the Barbarians and England. He is now a professional polo player for Lodge Services polo team backed by Stuart Lodge.
Beim was a prolific try scorer in the Premiership with Gloucester and Sale before moving to Italian side Viadana. Beim holds the record for the number of tries scored in a Heineken Cup game, touching down five times against Italian club Roma. During his two seasons at Viadana he scored 31 tries. After a succession of injuries, Beim retired from professional rugby and has carved out a successful international polo career ever since. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before victory in the play-offs constituted the new format for winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated Bristol Rugby.[1]
Beim made two appearances for England during the 1998 summer tour of New Zealand and featured in the England squad again in 2002 when he was called in as a replacement during the tour match of Argentina. He later toured there playing for the England A side on a number of occasions. He also appeared for the Barbarians.