Tom White (rugby union)
Tom White (1 March 1866 - 5 July 1939) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Thomas Brown White | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 March 1866 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cumnock, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 July 1939 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moffat, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1887.[3]
He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District in February 1888.[4]
International career
He was capped three times for Scotland, in the period 1888 to 1889.[5]
Business career
He worked on the P & O Shipping Line.[2]
Military career
In the First World War he served with the Royal Navy.[2]
Medical career
White went to Edinburgh University to study medicine. He graduated with a M. B. and C. M. in 1888. White became a surgeon, first at the County Hospital in Ayr, then started his own practice in Moffat as a G.P. in 1894. With the exception of the war years, the last 45 years of his life were spent in Moffat.[2][6]
Other interests
White was a noted Freemason. He also like golf and curling.[2]
Family
His father was Andrew White (1828-1879) and his mother was Janet Young (1831-1869). Andrew White was a solicitor and bank clerk in Cumnock. Tom was one of their 7 children.
He married Isabelle Constance Megret (1869-1942) in Edinburgh. They had one daughter Anita Louise White.[2]
Death
His death was reported as 'sudden' and on the 5 July 1939 by the following day's The Scotsman newspaper.[7]
References
- "Thomas Brown White". ESPN scrum.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000461/19390708/166/0008 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18880213/263/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Tom White - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19390707/380/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19390706/159/0016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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