Johnny Johnston (rugby union)
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Birth name | William Graham Stuart Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 31 May 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 October 1994 | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johnny Johnston (31 May 1913 - 4 October 1994) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Johnston played for Cambridge University and then Richmond.[2]
Provincial career
He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He scored a try in a 23–13 win for the Possibles side.[3]
International career
He was capped 5 times for Scotland, between 1935 and 1937.[4]
References
- ^ "William Graham Stuart Johnston". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Johnny Johnston - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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