Tommy McClung

Tommy McClung
Full name Thomas McClung
Date of birth (1933-02-14)14 February 1933
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Edinburgh Academicals
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Edinburgh District
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1956-60 Scotland 9 (4)

Tommy McClung (born 14 February 1933) is a Scottish former international rugby union player who played for Edinburgh Academicals in Edinburgh.[1]

McClung played as a Centre.[2]

He was capped 9 times for Scotland. His debut came in the 1956 Five Nations playing against Ireland at Lansdowne Road.[3] His last test was in the 1960 Five Nations playing against Wales in Cardiff.[4]

Tommy was part of the Edinburgh Academicals squad that won the unofficial championship of Scotland in 1955-56 season.[5] He is renowned as an Accies post war great and is in the Edinburgh Academicals Hall of Fame.[6]

He was capped by Edinburgh District.[7][8][9] His period of representing Edinburgh District coincided with their best run in the Scottish Inter-District Championship; from 1956 to 1963 Edinburgh shared the title 5 times and won the title outright 2 times.

His younger brother G. McClung also played for Edinburgh Academicals and Edinburgh District.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tommy McClung - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ "Tommy McClung - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
  3. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Ireland v Scotland at Lansdowne Road". ESPN scrum.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Wales v Scotland at Cardiff". ESPN scrum.
  5. ↑ "Article".
  6. ↑ "Barbarians: A club in touch with history".
  7. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  8. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  9. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  10. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".


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