| Birth name | Thomas Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 January 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 April 2000 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tommy Gray (20 January 1917 – 3 April 2000) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Full Back and Fly-half.
Rugby career
Amateur career
Gray started with Heriots as a graduate of Heriot's College in Edinburgh. He moved to Northampton to play for the Saints in 1947.[1] He later moved back to Edinburgh to play for Heriots.
Provincial career
While with Northampton he played for East Midlands.
International career
Gray played five Services internationals for Scotland between 1942 and 1944.
Gray was capped three times for Scotland. Notably he won the Calcutta Cup against England at Murrayfield Stadium in 1950 by kicking the match-winning conversion.[2]
Outside of rugby
As a King's Own Scottish Borderer, Gray had half of his left foot blown off by an anti-tank shell in the Second World War when in the Netherlands, near Kasteel Blijenbeek. Working for an insurance company, he was posted to Northampton; a town at the centre of the shoe industry. Gray had special boots made and this allowed him to play rugby and also kick conversions and penalties.[3]
References
- ↑ "A Remarkable Victory".
- ↑ "Calcutta Cup victory hero Tommy Gray dies aged 83 - the Scotsman". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ↑ "Calcutta Cup victory hero Tommy Gray dies aged 83 - the Scotsman". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.