# David Thom
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{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = David Alexander Thom
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = David Alexander Thom
| birth_place = [Hawick](/source/Hawick), Scotland
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|02|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [Wandsworth](/source/Wandsworth), [London](/source/London), England
| death_date = c.{{death date and age|df=y|1981|12|01|1910|02|14}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| weight = {{convert|79|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [Flanker](/source/Flanker_(rugby_union))
| amatyears1 = 1927
| amatyears2 = 1927-29
| amatyears3 = 1929-
| amatteam1 = Hawick Y.M.
| amatteam2 = [Hawick](/source/Hawick_RFC)
| amatteam3 = [London Scottish](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.)
| ru_amclubcaps =
| ru_amclubpoints =
| ru_amupdate =
| provinceyears1 = 1927
| provinceyears2 = 1929
| province1 = [South of Scotland District](/source/South_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union))
| province2 = [Anglo-Scots](/source/Scottish_Exiles_(rugby_union))
| provinceapps1 =
| provincepoints1 =
| repteam1 = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team)
| repyears1 = 1934-35
| repcaps1 = 5
| reppoints1 = 3
| ru_ntupdate =
| coachteams1 =
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| module2 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes
| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union
| term_start = 1965
| term_end = 1966
| predecessor = [Ross Logan](/source/Ross_Logan)
| successor = [Mark Stewart](/source/Mark_Stewart_(rugby_union))
| prior_term =
| order = 79th
}}
}}
'''David Thom''' (14 February 1910 – December 1981) was a [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player. He became the 79th President of the [Scottish Rugby Union](/source/Scottish_Rugby_Union).[{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/4167.html|title=David Alexander Thom|website=ESPN scrum}}]
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
Thom was playing for the Hawick Y.M.C.A. side, Hawick Y.M.,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19270218/066/0003|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}] before then playing for [Hawick](/source/Hawick_RFC).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19331222/040/0003|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}]
He was still playing for [Hawick](/source/Hawick_RFC) right at the start of the 1929–30 season when he was a reserve for the Hawick side for the [Kelso Sevens](/source/Kelso_Sevens).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19290913/041/0004|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}]
His last game for Hawick was on 26 October 1929 where he contributed in a fine victory over [Selkirk](/source/Selkirk_RFC).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19291101/027/0003|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}]
Thom moved to London for work and then played for [London Scottish](/source/London_Scottish_F.C.).[The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.]
He was one of the famous London Scottish 'live wires'.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19331024/288/0012|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}]
Thom tackled the job like an expert. Not only did he sling the ball out in the approved manner but he surprised his international vis-a-vis [E. B. Pope](/source/Brian_Pope) by 'dummying' his way through on more than one occasion.
He was one of the London Scottish sevens side that reached the final of the 1937 [Melrose Sevens](/source/Melrose_Sevens), only to be beaten by [Gala](/source/Gala_RFC) by a last minute score.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002784/19370415/055/0006|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}]
===Provincial career===
He was picked for the [South of Scotland District](/source/South_of_Scotland_District_(rugby_union)) against [Edinburgh District](/source/Edinburgh_District_(rugby_union)) for their junior match on 26 February 1927.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19291213/025/0002|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291209/135/0010|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}]
Thom played the match. The Anglo-Scots were beaten 14–13.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19291223/161/0010|title=|via=[British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)}}]
===International career===
He was capped 5 times for [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) in the period 1934–35.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/4167.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Thom - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}]
===Administrative career===
He became the 79th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from [1965 to 1966](/source/List_of_Scottish_Rugby_Union_Presidents).[{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 |date= |website=[Scottish Rugby](/source/Scottish_Rugby) |access-date=7 April 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |url-status=dead }}]
==Outside of rugby union==
He worked in London for Peter Scott & Co. Ltd, a hosiery manufacturer.