Alec Robertson (rugby union)

Alec Robertson

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

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

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]

References

1. "Alexander Weir Robertson". ESPN scrum.
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.