Robin Welsh
Date of birth | 20 October 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 October 1934 | (aged 65)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | George Watson's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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46th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1925–1926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robert Campbell MacKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | James Aikman Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin Welsh (20 October 1869 – 21 October 1934)[2] was a Scottish sportsman who represented the Royal Caledonian Curling Club as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland in tennis[3] and played international rugby union for Scotland.[4]
Rugby Union career[]
Amateur career[]
He played for Watsonians.[5]
Provincial career[]
He played for Edinburgh District.[6] He also played for Cities District.[7]
International career[]
He was capped four times for Scotland between 1895 and 1896.[8]
Referee career[]
He was an international referee. He refereed the England versus Ireland match in 1902;[9] the Wales versus England match in 1903;[10] and the Ireland versus England match in 1905.[11]
He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship.[12][13][14]
Administrative career[]
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1925 to 1926.[15]
Curling career[]
He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Curling History: Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics: Part 1 - The GB Curlers".
- ^ Robin Welsh rugby profile Scrum.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robin Welsh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Robin Welsh | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18941224/033/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robin Welsh - Test matches".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - England v Ireland at Leicester".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Wales v England at Swansea".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Ireland v England at Cork".
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19050109/054/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19041223/057/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19010121/069/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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(help) - ^ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf[bare URL PDF]
External links[]
- Robin Welsh at World Curling Federation
- Robin Welsh at ESPNscrum
- Robin Welsh at Olympics.com
- Robin Welsh at Olympedia
- 1869 births
- 1934 deaths
- Scottish male curlers
- British male curlers
- Olympic curlers of Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in curling
- Curlers at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Scottish Olympic medallists
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union referees
- Watsonians RFC players
- Scottish male tennis players
- British male tennis players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Scottish Unofficial Championship referees
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Cities District players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- Curlers from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs
- Scottish Olympic medallist stubs
- Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- British curling biography stubs
- Scottish sportspeople stubs