Norm Suddon (28 June 1943 – 18 April 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Prop.[1]
| Birth name | Norman Suddon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 June 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cavers, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 April 2022 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editSuddon played for Hawick.[2] He was deemed a protege of Hugh McLeod, a long-time Hawick prop.[3]
Provincial career
editSuddon played for a Scottish Border XV in their October 1962 matches against Durham County and Royal Air Force Rugby Union; both warm-up matches to help selection to the South district side.[4][5]
He played for South of Scotland District.[6]
He played for the Whites Trial side in their match against the Blues Trial side on 9 February 1963.[7] After impressing he then turned out for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side in their final match that season on 2 March 1963.[7]
Suddon played for Scotland Probables in their match against Scotland Possibles on 31 December 1966. However after a poor display by the Probables front row, Suddon was deemed a 'scapegoat' by the Aberdeen Press and Journal when he was left out of the Scotland international team to meet France in January 1967.[8]
He was named for Scotland Probables in their match against Scotland Possibles on 9 January 1971.[9] However he had to withdraw due to a knee injury that he sustained in his club match prior to this. Suddon had to have surgery on his cartillage.[10]
International career
editSuddon was capped 13 times for Scotland.[11]
He also played in a combined Scotland-Ireland team that played against England-Wales on 14 October 1972 to mark the SRU centenary.[12]
Later life and death
editSuddon worked as a hosiery worker in Hawick.[3] He died on 18 April 2022, at the age of 78.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Norman Suddon". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ a b "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Norm Suddon - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Norman Suddon, Scottish rugby player". The Scotsman. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.