George Gallie
Birth name | George Holmes Gallie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 September 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 January 1944 | (aged 26)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Minturno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Holmes Gallie (17 September 1917 – 16 January 1944) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who played at prop.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for Edinburgh Academicals RFC.[2][3]
Provincial career[]
He was capped for Edinburgh District.[3]
International career[]
He was capped once for Scotland in 1939.[2][4][5]
Death[]
Major Gallie was killed in World War II at Minturno.[2][4][6]
Family[]
He was the son of Capt Robert Arthur Gallie, M C, (1893-1948), who represented Scotland at hooker in 1920.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "George Holmes Gallie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c Bath, p109
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ a b Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Gallie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ CWGC
- Sources
- 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)
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1944 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- People educated at Edinburgh Academy
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Royal Artillery officers
- Military personnel from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs