Jock Steven
Birth name | John Brown Steven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 6 April 2020 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Madras College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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107th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1993–1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robin Charters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Ken Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Brown Steven (10 May 1935 – 6 April 2020), known as Jock Steven, was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 107th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Steven was educated at Madras College and played rugby union for the school team. His family farmed at Dunino on the East Neuk of Fife.[2]
On leaving school, he played for Madras College FP and captained the side in 1958-59 season and 1961-62 season.[3]
Provincial career[]
Steven represented the combined North of Scotland District side in their 1964 match against New Zealand.[4]
International career[]
Steven's closest time to being capped for Scotland was when he was an unused travelling reserve for the international side in a Five Nations match.[5] He was not used.[6]
He did play for the Barbarians in their 1962 tour of Wales.[7]
Coaching career[]
He coached Madras College FP and the combined North of Scotland District side. He later coached the Scotland U18 team.
Administrative career[]
Steven was the Madras College FP president from 1970 to 1975.[8]
He joined the SRU as Midlands District representative in 1976.[9]
He was tour manager of the Scotland Development XV in their 1988 tour of Zimbabwe.[10]
Steven became the 107th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1993 to 1994.[11][12]
Family[]
Steven had 3 brothers:- Bill, Alan and Robert. In one memorable game in 1957 all 4 brothers, including Jock, made the Madras College FP first XV.[13]
References[]
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
- ^ "Tributes paid to Madras rugby stalwart and former SRU president Jock Steven who has died aged 84".
- ^ "Jock Steven".
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- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-edition/20200407/282243782708287
- ^ "Jock Steven".
- ^ "Jock Steven".
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-edition/20200407/282243782708287
- ^ "Tributes paid to Madras rugby stalwart and former SRU president Jock Steven who has died aged 84".
- ^ "Jock Steven".
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19800126/243/0022. Missing or empty
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- 1935 births
- 2020 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Madras College FP players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- North of Scotland (combined side) players
- Rugby union players from Fife
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs