Tom Elliot

Tom Elliot MBE

Full name	Thomas Elliot
Date of birth	6 April 1926
Place of birth	Galashiels, Scotland
Date of death	3 May 1998(1998-05-03) (aged 72)
Place of death	Scottish Borders, Scotland
School	Loretto School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1955-1958 1955  Scotland British and Irish Lions 14 0 (0) (0)

Position(s)	Prop
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1955-1958 1955	Scotland British and Irish Lions	14 0	(0) (0)

Thomas Elliot MBE (6 April 1926 – 3 May 1998) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.

Elliot was born into a farming family in the Scottish Borders. He was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose and at Loretto School, Musselburgh. After school he joined Gala RFC and played for the 2XV at lock. He soon moved to loose-head prop and over the next fifteen years made the position his own. Early in his career he gained a reputation for rumbustious play.Bill McLaren described him as "a tough rugged son of the soil".

Elliot made his debut for Scotland in the 1955 Five Nations Championship. Scotland beat Wales 14-8 at Murrayfield. His next match against Ireland resulted in another victory at the same venue. Elliot also played in a narrow 9-6 defeat to England at Twickenham.

In the 1956 Five Nations Championship he played all four matches. Scotland won one match against France at Murrayfield. The following year Scotland won two matches in the 1957 Five Nations Championship; Elliot played in every match. He played two matches in the 1958 Five Nations Championship, losing to Wales and Ireland. In between he played in a 12-8 victory over Australia at Murrayfield on their 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.

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