Bob Howie
| Birth name | Robert. A. Howie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 June 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gorebridge, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 May 1992 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Rugby union referee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Howie (11 June 1898 – 14 May 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for Kirkcaldy RFC.[1]
Provincial career[]
Howie was capped by Midlands District.[2]
International career[]
He was capped seven times as a prop forward for Scotland between 1924 and 1925.[3] and was selected for the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in four tests.[4]
Referee career[]
He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1928.[5]
Family[]
Bob Howie was the brother of Dave Howie, who also played for Kirkcaldy and gained seven national caps, but died in the First World War.[6]
Although he and his brother gained fourteen caps between them their father, a grim farmer, never watched them once, saying:
- "Rugby an' fermin' will no agree, an' A ken which'll pit mair money in yer pooch."[7]
References[]
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
- ^ a b Bath, p. 138
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19231119/100/0010. Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Scotland/Players and Officials/Robert Howie". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ Bath, p. 118
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Bath, p. 109
- ^ Bath, p. 28
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- 1898 births
- 1992 deaths
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
- Kirkcaldy RFC players
- Midlands District players
- Rugby union players from Midlothian
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish Districts referees
- Scottish rugby union players
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