Jock Millican
| Birth name | John Gilbert Millican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 August 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Reston, Scotland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Berwickshire High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jock Millican (born 21 August 1951) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He is now a businessman.[2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]While at the University of Edinburgh from 1969 to 1973 he played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[3]
He went on to play for Heriot's.[4]
Leaving Edinburgh in 1973 Millican had a short 2+1⁄2-month spell at Moseley, but only appeared in one mid-week fixture.[5]
He signed for Leicester Tigers in 1974.[5]
He played for Northern in the 1980s.[6]
Provincial career
[edit]He received his first cap for Edinburgh District in 1971, playing against South of Scotland District at Meadowbank Stadium.[7]
He played for Scotland Possibles on 30 December 1972.[8]
On moving to England, he played for Staffordshire.[9]
He was then picked for the Anglo-Scots to play inter-district matches.[10]
International career
[edit]Millican received 3 caps for Scotland, all in 1973.[11]
Coaching career
[edit]He coached Northern in England in the late 1980s, but stood down due to business reasons.[12]
Administrative career
[edit]He was a director of the Six Nations from 2008 to 2012; and a non-executive director of the Scottish Rugby Union from 2007 to 2013.[13]
He became a chief executive of the Scottish Rugby Union in 2011.[13]
He was a director of Heriots from 2015 to 2021.[13]
Business career
[edit]He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in chemical engineering, but then moved to Heriot-Watt University to study brewing.[1]
Millican then moved into the Beer and Wine trade. He was a brewer with Bass in Burton-on-Trent in England.[14] He was an Operations Director of Scottish Brewers, then a Logistics Director of Scottish Courage, before moving on to Waverley Vinters.[15]
Since 2010 he has been a director of Equity Gap, a private investors group. The company sponsors Edinburgh Rugby.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Business interview: Jock Millican, Linc Scotland | The Scotsman".
- ^ "John Gilbert Millican". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19911101/237/0019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19741112/341/0013 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19830911/033/0033 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Full Player List". Edinburgh Rugby.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19741023/342/0013 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000760/19741015/048/0048 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Millican - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19890530/285/0020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c "John Gilbert MILLICAN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- ^ "Jock Millican". The Business of Drinks.
- ^ "Jock Millican | LinkedIn".
- ^ "Rugby Sponsorship".
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Rugby union flankers
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Heriot's Rugby Club players
- Edinburgh University RFC players
- Scotland Possibles players
- Scottish Exiles (rugby union) players
- Birmingham Moseley Rugby players
- Northern Football Club players
- Leicester Tigers players
- Staffordshire RFU players
- Rugby union players from the Scottish Borders
- People from Berwickshire
- Alumni of Heriot-Watt University
- People educated at Berwickshire High School
- Scottish sports executives and administrators
- Rugby union executives
- Scottish brewers
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- 20th-century Scottish businesspeople
- 21st-century Scottish businesspeople