John Simpson (rugby union)
Birth name | John William Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 September 1872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Polmont, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 January 1921 | (aged 48)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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31st President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1904–1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robert Greig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Willie Neilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Simpson (2 September 1872 – 11 January 1921) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He later became an international referee and was the 31st President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
Simpson played with Royal HSFP.[2]
Provincial career[]
Simpson played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1894 inter-city match.[3]
International career[]
Simpson was capped eleven times for Scotland between 1893 and 1899.[4] He was part of the Scotland side that won the Triple Crown in 1894-95 season.[5]
Referee career[]
He refereed one international match in the 1906 Home Nations Championship; the Ireland v Wales match.[6]
Administrative career[]
He became the 31st President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1904 to 1905.[7]
Medical career[]
Simpson became a doctor. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.[8]
Death[]
He died on 11 January 1921, leaving a widow Margaret Lockhart Mitchell. His estate was valued at £5204, 19 shillings and 3d.[9] He is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Robert Coventry Greig".
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y1lEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8LEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1362%2C5396884
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - John Simpson - Test matches".
- ^ "John William Simpson (1872-1921) - Find A Grave Memorial". Find a Grave.
- ^ "Ireland v Wales".
- ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60558/40884_b206816_00218?pid=434623&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D60558%26h%3D434623%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DRTz40%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RTz40&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.182295652.2132303141.1585038681-756357530.1584316183
- ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60558/40884_b206816_00218?pid=434623&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D60558%26h%3D434623%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DRTz40%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=RTz40&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.182295652.2132303141.1585038681-756357530.1584316183
- ^ "John William Simpson (1872-1921) - Find A Grave Memorial". Find a Grave.
- 1872 births
- 1921 deaths
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Falkirk (council area)
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Scottish rugby union referees
- Royal HSFP players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs