William_Stevenson_(rugby_union)
William Stevenson (rugby union)
Rugby player
William Stevenson (3 May 1897 – 26 August 1972) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
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| Birth name | William Hugh Stevenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1897-05-03)3 May 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 August 1972(1972-08-26) (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Streatley, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career
He played for Glasgow District in the 1924 inter-city match against Edinburgh District.[3]
He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 15 December 1924; and he started for Scotland Possibles in the trial match of 27 December 1924, impressing he came on for the Scotland Probables side in the second half.
International career
His father Hugh Ferguson Stevenson (1845-1930) married Eliza McEwen (1854-1933) in 1879 in Glasgow.[5]
William was one of their eight children, and the youngest son.[5]
William was to marry Elizabeth Margaret Wallace (1902-1985) in 1931 in Kirkintilloch.[5]
- "William Hugh Stevenson". ESPN scrum.
- Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "Scotland v France". ESPN scrum.
- "Register". Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.