 Black in New Zealand in 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Angus William Black | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 May 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 February 2018 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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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