Jim Telfer

Jim Telfer
BornJames Telfer
(1940-03-17) 17 March 1940
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)
UniversityMoray House School of Education
OccupationRetired rugby union coach
Rugby union career
Position Number eight
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
19??-1974 Melrose RFC
Correct as of 24 July 2007
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1959-71 South of Scotland District
1962 Provinces District
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1964-70 Scotland 22 ((?))
1966-68 British Lions 6
Correct as of 1 March 2009
Coaching career
Years Team
1980–1984 Scotland
1988–1993 Scotland (Assistant coach)
1993–1995 Scotland
1995-1998 Scotland (Director of Rugby)
1998-1999 Scotland
1999–2003 Scotland (Assistant coach)
1983,1997 British Lions

James Telfer (born 17 March 1940) is a Scottish former rugby union coach and player. As a player, he won 21 international caps in the amateur era, also having a career as a headmaster at Hawick High School and Galashiels Academy and Forrester High School as a chemistry teacher. With Sir Ian McGeechan he had success with both the Scotland national team and the British Lions.