British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
Rugby player
Angus Black
Black in New Zealand in 1950
Birth name Angus William Black Date of birth (1925-05-06 ) 6 May 1925Date of death 14 February 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 92)
Angus William "Gus" Black (6 May 1925 – 14 February 2018) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions .[ 1] [ 2]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Black played for Edinburgh University .[ 3]
He went on to play for Leicester and Bristol during his National Service .
He played for the Royal Air Force Rugby Union in 1954.[ 4]
Provincial career
Black was capped for Edinburgh District .[ 5]
He played for the Cities District side in their match against Australia in October 1947.[ 6]
He turned out for the Scotland Possibles side in 1947.[ 7]
International career
Black made his first international appearance on New Year's Day 1947 while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh .[ 8] He also played for Edinburgh University rugby team ,[ 2] and was on the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia where he played in two tests, playing in a 9–9 draw in Dunedin and a 0–8 loss in Christchurch .[ 2]
Death
Black lived in Lundin Links in Fife . After moving into a care home in the 1990s, Black died in February 2018 and at the time of his death was the oldest living Lions player.[ 8]
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