Tom Imrie

Tom Imrie
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born7 June 1947
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died16 May 2015 (aged 67)
Dunfermline, Scotland
Sport
SportBoxing
Event
Light-middleweight
ClubBuccleuch ABC
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
1966 Kingston light-middleweight
1970 Edinburgh light-middleweight

Tom Imrie (7 June 1947 – 16 May 2015) was a boxer from Scotland who won gold and silver medals at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Imrie boxed out of the Buccleuch Amateur Boxing Club and was the 1965 Scottish welterweight champion at the age of 17.[1]

Imrie represented the Scottish Empire and Commonwealth Games team[2] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,[3] participating in the light-middleweight category.[4] He won the silver medal.[5]

Four years later he won the gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[6]

He was twice winner of the prestigious ABA light-middleweight title at Wembley in 1966 and 1969.[7][8]

He died in 2015 in Dunfermline, aged 67.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Imrie Is New Welter Champ". Sunday Mail (Glasgow). 21 February 1965. p. 29. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team". The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 6 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Coomonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Obituary: Tom Imrie, boxing champion". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Imries's title with dramatic punch". The Scotsman. 30 April 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Roll of Honour". England Boxing.