He has played for Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University, Scotland and the British and Irish Lions and was one of the outstanding rugby union players of his generation, winning 61 caps for Scotland, 20 of which as captain.
After suffering a whitewash in the 1985 championship, Scotland made a number of changes to the side in 1986, which resulted in Dods losing his place to Gavin Hastings.
Hastings | Battle of Hastings | Gavin Friday | Gavin Bryars | Gavin Newsom | Gavin DeGraw | Scott Hastings | Gavin Shuker | Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings | Warren Hastings | Scott Hastings (rugby union) | Gavin Hamilton | Max Hastings | Henry Hastings Sibley | Gavin Dunbar | Dance Gavin Dance | James M. Gavin | Hastings County | Gavin Rossdale | Gavin Harrison | Carrère and Hastings | Richard Hastings, Baron Welles | Peter Gavin Hall | Milo Hastings | Katherine Neville, Baroness Hastings | Hastings railway station | Hastings, New Zealand | Hastings 1895 chess tournament | George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon | Gavin Turk |
The current judges are Jonathan Davies, Will Greenwood, Gavin Hastings, Michael Jones, Dan Lyle, Federico Méndez, Francois Pienaar and past Player of the Year winners Fabien Galthié and Keith Wood, with John Eales as convenor.
Other celebrities who have already signed up include James Cracknell, Gail Emms, Jamie Bamber, Heather Fell, Roger Uttley, Scott Hastings and Gavin Hastings, with more expected to sign up soon.