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Wee Tam
Known to everyone as “Wee Tam” Scott Thomson was the wrestling name of Tommy Stevenson. Tommy was born in Govan, Glasgow on 18th August, 1940. In 1961 he moved to Ayrshire, marrying Margaret Scott the following year.
Following a chance encounter with Dale Storm after a show he was persuaded to attend Dale’s gym for a tryout. Having been taken under the wing of several top stars, he emerged as a formidable opponent, not only in his own lightweight division, but could hold his own with most in higher brackets as well.
Being one of the fastest and strongest in the lightweight class, he excelled in the ring in most of his one to one contests and even found some fame along with his regular tag team partner Jeff Bradley when it came to a four up. Occasional spells as a referee helped improve his overall knowledge and understanding of the finer points of wrestling and he quickly became a huge crowd pleaser. Amongst his toughest opponents he listed Ireland’s Mad Mike O’Hagan, Jim Morgan (the younger twin in The Fabulous Harlequins Tag Team), Ian McKenzie and Aberdeen’s Len Ironside.
After he retired Scott moved to the Scottish Borders where he developed an interest in local politics, standing for the Scottish Nationalist Party in local elections. He told Wrestling Heritage that he campaigned for community centres for youngsters, encouraging them to take up sport and was concerned about the number of children whose lives are ruined through drug abuse He was also an elder at Teviothead Church, chair of the village hall committee and a recipient of the Service Above Self Award, the Rotary Club’s highest honour for an individual Rotarian.
Scott Thomson died on 11th July, 2018.
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