Adam Robson
| Birth name | Adam Robson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 August 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 March 2007 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dollar, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 97th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1983–1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hamish Kemp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adam Robson (16 August 1928 – 15 March 2007) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He played as a flanker.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He was playing for the Edinburgh College of Art. A relative Andrew Gordon suggested he play with Hawick Linden before trying to make the step up to Hawick.[2]
Robson then played for Hawick Linden and Hawick.[3]
Provincial career[]
He was capped by South of Scotland District in the 1954–55 Scottish Inter-District Championship.[4]
International career[]
He was capped twenty-two times for Scotland between 1954 and 1960.[1][5]
Administrative career[]
Robson served on the Barbarians committee for 20 years.
He became the 97th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1983 to 1984.[6]
Outside of rugby union[]
He was a prolific artist selling more than 900 works; and also authored 3 books.[7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c player profile at scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
- ^ "Welcome to scotsman.com the best place for Scottish news and features | The Scotsman".
- ^ Jones, p 43, 4
- ^ "Handicapped City Team Put Up a Brave Show". Evening Times. 16 October 1954.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Adam Robson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ "Adam Robson". HeraldScotland.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1)
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
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- Scottish rugby union players
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- 1928 births
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- Sportspeople from Hawick
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- Hawick Linden RFC players
- Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art
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- South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
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