Alex Brown (12 May 1905 – 31 December 1986) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 85th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Birth name | Alexander Henderson Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 May 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 31 December 1986 | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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85th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1971–1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robert Wilson Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Alfred Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editProvincial career
editHe was capped by Edinburgh District to play in the 1928 inter-city match.[3]
International career
editHe played for Scotland 3 times in the period 1928 to 1929.[4]
Administrative career
editHe became the 85th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1971 to 1972.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Alexander Henderson Brown". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alex Brown - Test matches". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.