| Tom McGlashan | |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Perry Lang McGlashan |
| Birth Date: | 29 December 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Gullane, Scotland |
| Position: | Prop |
| Amatyears1: | 1942-64 |
| Amatteam1: | Royal HSFP |
| Amatapps1: | 249 |
| Amatteam2: | Co-Optimists |
| Province1: | Edinburgh District |
| Province2: | Whites Trial |
| Province3: | Scotland Probables |
| Province4: | Cities District |
| Provinceyears1: | 1946 |
| Provinceyears2: | 1946 |
| Provinceyears3: | 1947 |
| Provinceyears4: | 1947 |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repteam2: | Barbarians |
| Repyears1: | 1947-54 |
| Repyears2: | 1947 |
| Repcaps1: | 8 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Tom McGlashan (29 December 1925 – 17 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He played for Royal HSFP.[2] During his time at the club they came second in the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1951–52 season; and won the Jed-Forest Sevens in 1947.[3] He won the Langholm Sevens in 1949.[4]
He also played for the Co-Optimists.[3]
He was capped for Edinburgh District in the 1946 inter-city match against Glasgow District.[5]
He played for Whites Trial in their match against Blues Trial on 21 December 1946.[6]
He graduated to play for the Scotland Probables in the final trial match on 18 January 1947.[7]
He played for Cities District in their match against Australia on 15 October 1947.[8]
He was capped eight times for Scotland between 1947 and 1954.[9]
He also represented the Barbarians.[3]
He served three terms as President of Royal HSFP.[3]
He was a Honorary President of the Co-Optimists.[3]
He obtained a boxing blue at Edinburgh University.[10] He won the Scottish Universities heavyweight title in 1950.[3]
He was credited with a Scottish schools record in the Shot Putt. He was still on the Scottish rankings at age 34.[3]
He became a dentist. However he was still involved in rugby union. He pioneered the use of gumshields for the players, and was Scottish Rugby's honorary dentist.[10]
He died of Alzheimer's Disease at the Muirfield Nursing Home in Gullane. He donated his brain to the University of Glasgow in their research of head injury and dementia.[11]