British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Not to be confused with James Telfer.
Rugby player
Jim Telfer
Birth name
James Telfer
Date of birth
(1940-03-17) 17 March 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth
Melrose, Scotland
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight
94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)[1]
University
Moray House School of Education
Occupation(s)
Retired rugby union coach
Rugby union career
Position(s)
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.
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