Jim Telfer

Jim Telfer
Birth nameJames Telfer
Date of birth (1940-03-17) 17 March 1940 (age 84)
Place of birthMelrose, Scotland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb) [1]
UniversityMoray 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.

  1. ^ "History > Player Archive > #443 Jim Telfer". www.lionsrugby.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.