Alec Robertson (rugby union)

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Alec Robertson
Birth nameAlexander Weir Robertson
Date of birth(1877-12-11)11 December 1877
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death28 October 1941(1941-10-28) (aged 63)
Place of death Gullane, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Watsonians ()
– Edinburgh Academicals ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1896 Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1897 Scotland 1 (0)

Alec Robertson (11 December 1877 – 28 October 1941) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians in 1896. [2]

Robertson played rugby union for Edinburgh Academicals in 1897. [3]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District in 1896. [2]

International career

Robertson was capped once by Scotland, in 1897. [4]

Outside of rugby union

He was one of the landed gentry with the family name of Robertson-Durham. He was a chartered accountant and Justice of the Peace. [5]

He died in 1941 and is buried in the graveyard of Dirleton Kirk. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alexander Weir Robertson". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
  4. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alec Robertson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  5. ↑ Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland". Dalcassian Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Alexander Weir Robertson-Durham (1877-1941) -..." www.findagrave.com.


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