Jim Greenwood (rugby union)

For the rugby player John Richard Heaton Greenwood, see Dick Greenwood.
For other people named Jim Greenwood, see Jim Greenwood (disambiguation).

Jim Greenwood
BornJames Thomson Greenwood
(1928-12-02)2 December 1928
Dunfermline, Scotland
Died12 September 2010(2010-09-12) (aged 81)
Dumfries, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position Number 8/Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Dunfermline RFC
– Perthshire Academicals
– RAFRU
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
North (comb.)
- North and Midlands
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1952–1959 Scotland 20 (0)
1955 British Lions 4 (0)

James Thomson Greenwood (2 December 1928 – 13 September 2010) was a Scottish rugby union player and coach. He won twenty caps for Scotland and four for the British Lions as a number eight and flanker.

As a coach and coach educator, he was an advocate of 'total rugby'. He is considered one of the most innovative and visionary thinkers in the game. In 2014 he was posthumously inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame.

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