Alec Robertson (rugby union)
| Birth name | Alexander Weir Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 December 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 October 1941 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gullane, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alec Robertson (11 December 1877 – 28 October 1941) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Watsonians in 1896.[2]
Robertson played rugby union for Edinburgh Academicals in 1897.[3]
Provincial career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District in 1896.[2]
International career
[edit]Robertson was capped once by Scotland, in 1897.[4]
Outside of rugby union
[edit]He was one of the landed gentry with the family name of Robertson-Durham. He was a chartered accountant and Justice of the Peace.[5]
He died in 1941 and is buried in the graveyard of Dirleton Kirk.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexander Weir Robertson". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alec Robertson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland". Dalcassian Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Alexander Weir Robertson-Durham (1877-1941) -..." www.findagrave.com.
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