Gibbie Abercrombie

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Gibbie Abercrombie
Birth nameJames Gilbert Abercrombie
Date of birth(1928-05-09)9 May 1928
Place of birthAuckland, New Zealand
Date of death23 August 1992(1992-08-23) (aged 64)
Place of deathAuckland, New Zealand
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Edinburgh University ()
- Heriots ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1949-50 Scotland 7 (3)

Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career[]

Amateur career[]

Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[2]

He then moved to play for Heriots.[3]

Provincial career[]

He played for the side against in 1950.[4]

International career[]

He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland.[5][6]

Medical career[]

After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "James Gilbert Abercrombie". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19501128/045/0010 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19501223/166/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gibbie Abercrombie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  6. ^ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
  7. ^ Morrison, Lesley (March 1, 2011). "Professor Ian Richardson". The British Journal of General Practice. 61 (584): 231. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X561438. PMC 3047335.
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