Tommy McClung

Tommy McClung

Full name	Thomas McClung
Date of birth	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".