Gordon Boyd (rugby union)
Birth name | Gordon Mclean Boyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 March 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cadder, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 February 1980 | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Pulborough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Boyd (8 March 1905 - 21 February 1980) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]
He was part of the Glasgow HSFP side that shared the 1923-24 Scottish Unofficial Championship season title with Glasgow Academicals. Boyd scored 28 tries that season, including 6 in one match and 4 in another.
The Chocolate and Gold history of Glasgow HSFP recalls:
He was a very elusive winger who, though not lightning fast, had a fine swerve and played at centre and stand-off when required.
Provincial career
He played for the Whites Trial side on 15 December 1924.[3]
International career
He was capped by Scotland just the once, in 1926, to play against England at Twickenham.[4]
Family
His father was David Mitchell Boyd who died in 1955.
Gordon Boyd married Hannah Margaret Allison Murdoch (1907-1980) on 10 November 1934 in Yangon, Burma.
References
- ^ "Gordon Mclean Boyd". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gordon Boyd - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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