Johnny Johnston (rugby union)
| Birth name | William Graham Stuart Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 May 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 October 1994 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johnny Johnston (31 May 1913 - 4 October 1994) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Johnston played for Cambridge University and then Richmond.[2]
Provincial career
[edit]He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He scored a try in a 23–13 win for the Possibles side.[3]
International career
[edit]He was capped 5 times for Scotland, between 1935 and 1937.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "William Graham Stuart Johnston". ESPN scrum.
- ^ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Johnny Johnston - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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