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Bob Wilson (rugby union)

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Bob Wilson
Birth nameRobert Little Wilson
Date of birth(1926-07-01)1 July 1926
Place of birthGalashiels, Scotland
Date of death29 March 1985(1985-03-29) (aged 58)
Place of deathEdinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Gala ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
South ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1951-53 Scotland 8 (0)

Bob Wilson (1 July 1926 – 29 March 1985) was a former Scotland international rugby union player. Wilson played as a Prop.[1]

Rugby career

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Amateur career

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Wilson played for Gala.[2] South of Scotland, Barbarians and Scotland. A fine exponent of the 7s game and part of the Gala 7 who won a number of tournaments on the Borders 7s circuit in the early 1950s. He also played for Gala at the Middlesex 7s.

Provincial career

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Wilson played for South.He captained the South against the All Blacks in 1953. He played in the 1953–54 Scottish Inter-District Championship - the very first Scottish Inter-District Championship - and captained the side against Glasgow District.[3] He played for the Barbarians in the 1952 Easter Tour of Wales.

International career

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He was capped for Scotland 8 times between 1951 and 1953, playing in 7 Five Nations matches and he was also capped playing against South Africa.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Little Wilson".
  2. ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bob Wilson - Test matches".
  5. ^ "Information - Gala Rugby". Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.