Bob Wilson (rugby union)

Bob Wilson

Birth name	Robert Little Wilson
Date of birth	(1926-07-01)1 July 1926
Place of birth	Galashiels, Scotland
Date of death	29 March 1985(1985-03-29) (aged 58)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Gala () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) South () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1951-53 Scotland 8 (0)

Bob Wilson (1 July 1926 – 29 March 1985) was a former Scotland international rugby union player. Wilson played as a Prop.[1]

Rugby career

Amateur career

Wilson played for Gala.[2] South of Scotland, Barbarians and Scotland. A fine exponent of the 7s game and part of the Gala 7 who won a number of tournaments on the Borders 7s circuit in the early 1950s. He also played for Gala at the Middlesex 7s.

Provincial career

Wilson played for South.He captained the South against the All Blacks in 1953. He played in the 1953–54 Scottish Inter-District Championship - the very first Scottish Inter-District Championship - and captained the side against Glasgow District.[3] He played for the Barbarians in the 1952 Easter Tour of Wales.

International career

He was capped for Scotland 8 times between 1951 and 1953, playing in 7 Five Nations matches and he was also capped playing against South Africa.[4][5]

References

1. "Robert Little Wilson".
2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bob Wilson - Test matches".
5. "Information - Gala Rugby". Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.