| Tom Smith | |||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Thomas John Smith | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1953 8, df=yes | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Macmerry, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Ru Position: | Lock | ||||||||||||||
| Amatyears1: | 1979- | ||||||||||||||
| Amatteam1: | Gala | ||||||||||||||
| Provinceyears1: | - | ||||||||||||||
| Province1: | South of Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Provinceyears2: | - | ||||||||||||||
| Province2: | Whites Trial | ||||||||||||||
| Repteam1: | Scotland 'B' | ||||||||||||||
| Repyears1: | 1981-82 | ||||||||||||||
| Repcaps1: | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Repteam2: | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Repyears2: | 1983-85 | ||||||||||||||
| Repcaps2: | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Reppoints2: | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Coachyears1: | - | ||||||||||||||
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Tom Smith (born 31 August 1953) is a former Scotland international rugby union player,[1] and a former Scotland international basketball player.[2]
Smith played for South of Scotland in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.[4]
Smith played for Whites Trial side against Blues Trial side on 3 January 1981.[5]
Smith was capped by Scotland 'B' on 7 March 1981 to play against France 'B'.[3]
Smith made his full senior Scotland debut in 1983 against England, scoring a try in the match.[6] He was to amass 4 caps in total for the senior side.[7]
Smith was a late convert to rugby union, only taking up the game at the age of 26. He started sports playing football as a goalkeeper. Due to his stature his team-mates entered him in the search of Scotland's tallest keeper. He was then spotted by the basketball side Dalkeith Saints and played for them.[2]
Smith was capped 26 times for the Scotland basketball team.[2]