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Tommy McClung

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Tommy McClung
Birth nameThomas McClung
Date of birth(1933-02-14)14 February 1933
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death6 October 2020(2020-10-06) (aged 87)[1]
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
UniversityUniversity of Cambridge, Emmanuel College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1956-60 Scotland 9 (4)

Tommy McClung (14 February 1933 – 6 October 2020) was a Scottish international rugby union player who played for Edinburgh Academicals in Edinburgh.[2]

McClung played as a Centre.[3]

Amateur career

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McClung was part of the Edinburgh Academicals squad that won the unofficial championship of Scotland in 1955-56 season.[4] He is renowned as an Accies post war great and is in the Edinburgh Academicals Hall of Fame.[5]

Provincial career

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McClung was capped by Edinburgh District.[6][7][8] 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.

International career

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McClung was capped 9 times for Scotland. His debut came in the 1956 Five Nations playing against Ireland at Lansdowne Road.[9] His last test was in the 1960 Five Nations playing against Wales in Cardiff.[10]

Personal life

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McClung's younger brother G. McClung also played for Edinburgh Academicals and Edinburgh District.[11]

McClung died in October 2020 at the age of 87.

References

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