Hector Thomson

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{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Hector Thomson

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| birth_name = Hector Douglas Thomson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|02|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Napier, New Zealand

| death_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|08|09|1881|02|20|df=yes}}

| position = Wing three-quarter

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|68|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1905–08

| repcaps1 = 1

| reppoints1 = 3

| province1 = {{Rut|Wellington}}

| province2 = {{Rut|Auckland}}

| province3 = {{Rut|Canterbury}}

| province4 = {{Rut|Wanganui}}

| provinceyears1 = 1900, 1906, 1908

| provinceyears2 = 1901–02

| provinceyears3 = 1903

| provinceyears4 = 1904

| provinceapps1 =

| provinceapps2 = 3

| provinceapps3 = 2

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| occupation = Public servant

| school = Wellington College

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Hector Douglas Thomson (20 February 1881 – 9 August 1939) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, Thomson represented {{Rut|Wellington}}, {{Rut|Auckland}}, {{Rut|Canterbury}}, and {{Rut|Wanganui}} at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, between 1905 and 1908, appearing in 15 matches including one international. In all, he scored 16 tries and kicked one conversion for the All Blacks. He was the first player to score six tries in a match for New Zealand, against British Columbia in 1906.{{cite web| url = http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=884 |title = Mona Thomson | last = Knight | first = Lindsay | publisher = New Zealand Rugby Union | accessdate = 20 February 2016}}

Outside of rugby, Thomson was a public servant, rising to become under-secretary for immigration.{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19390811.2.78 | title=Obituary | date=11 August 1939 | work=The Press | accessdate=20 February 2016 | page=10}} He died in Wellington on 9 August 1939.