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Billy Munro (rugby union)

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Billy Munro
Birth nameWilliam Hutton Munro
Date of birth(1918-09-28)28 September 1918
Date of death12 September 1970(1970-09-12) (aged 51)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Glasgow HSFP ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947 Scotland 2 (0)

Billy Munro (28 September 1918 - 12 September 1970) was a Scotland international rugby union player who played at centre.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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Munro played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]

Provincial career

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Munro played for Glasgow District.[3]

International career

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He was capped a total of two times for the Scotland international team. Both caps were in 1947.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "William Hutton Munro".
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald". Google News Archive Search. 8 December 1947. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Billy Munro - Test matches".
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
  3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
  4. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)