Calum MacGregor

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Calum MacGregor
Birth nameCalum MacGregor
Date of birth (1962-01-11) 11 January 1962 (age 61)
Place of birthScotland
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1979-1983
1983-84
1985-88
1988-1997
 ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-97 Glasgow Warriors 4 (34)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow District ()

Calum MacGregor (born 11 January 1962) is a former rugby union player and is now a director at Kettle Produce. Born in Scotland, he played for the Glasgow District side, and after professionalism was sanctioned in rugby played for Glasgow, now named the Glasgow Warriors.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

MacGregor started his rugby career with Glasgow Academicals [3] but moved to Aberdeen in 1983 for work. He then played for Gordonians RFC for a year before commuting to Boroughmuir RFC [4] [5] for three years. He then moved again and returned to Glasgow Academicals. [2] In a derby match against Glasgow High Kelvinside in 1989 he scored 17 points in a 21-13 win for the Academicals. [6] By 1995, the side were playing in Division 3 but MacGregor was still scoring points for the club [7] and he was still getting selected for Glasgow District. [8]

Provincial and professional career

MacGregor regularly played District rugby [9] but then had a gap of five years when he was not selected, only to be recalled in 1993 by Glasgow District in 1993 [10] for a match against Munster. He also played in Glasgow's victory over Connacht in 1995. [11]

When the district side turned professional in 1996, MacGregor turned out for the fledgling Glasgow Warriors. As the fly half named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - MacGregor has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 10 for the provincial side.

He was Glasgow's top points scorer in competitive games for the season 1996-97 scoring 34 points. He also played in European competition for the club in the 1996-97 Challenge Cup, where he turned out against Welsh side Newbridge RFC and scored six conversions in the game; the 62-38 victory for Glasgow was their only European win that season. [1] MacGregor was dropped for the following European match against Sale Sharks, [12] but did play in all three Scottish Inter-District Championship matches in 1996-97. [13] The team's second place qualified Glasgow for the Heineken Cup the next season.

After playing professionally for Glasgow Warriors in their first season, MacGregor retired from rugby in 1997. He gave a tribute to his Glasgow coach Kevin Greene: "Kevin Greene, the Glasgow coach, is the kind of man who makes the players think for themselves, like Ian McGeechan, and I prefer that to the blood-and-thunder approach. I have enjoyed playing for Glasgow this year more than any other. I look around at the young guys in the team and they are keen and excited and that makes me feel good about the game. The players have a belief in it and a desire to win and I like that." [2]

Business career

Whilst playing rugby he worked for Wiseman Dairies [2] and remained there when his rugby career ended. In 2005 he joined Wiseman's board [14] as their Quality Director.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player Archive : EPCRugby.com - Official website of European Professional Club Rugby". epcrugby.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Farewell to an all-time great stand-off". Herald Scotland.
  3. ↑ "it's not for the sake of the ribboned coat,". glasgowhawks.com.
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  6. ↑ "Academicals gain revenge". Herald Scotland.
  7. ↑ "Academicals in seventh heaven". Herald Scotland.
  8. ↑ "Rampant Edinburgh stake claim". The Independent.
  9. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  10. ↑ "Barrett's move opens door for Calum". Herald Scotland.
  11. ↑ "Mannion try too late for Connacht CONNACHT 16, GLASGOW/DISTRICT 22". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Gamble for Glasgow". thefreelibrary.com.
  13. ↑ "Rugby Union: Wainwright makes his presence felt". The Independent.
  14. ↑ "Joining the dairy board". TheGrocer.co.uk.
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