Bill Black (rugby union)

Bill Black

Birth name	William Pollok Black
Date of birth	(1928-02-19)19 February 1928
Place of birth	Rutherglen, Scotland
Date of death	9 May 2019(2019-05-09) (aged 91)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Glasgow HSFP () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Glasgow District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1948-51 Scotland 5 (0)

Bill Black (19 February 1928 – 9 May 2019) was a Scotland international rugby union player who played at prop.[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Black played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]

Provincial career

Black played for Glasgow District.[3]

International career

He was capped a total of five times for the Scotland international team.[4]

References

1. "William Pollok Black". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
3. "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bill Black - Test matches". En.espn.com.

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
2. Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
4. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)