Birth name | David Miller Durie Rollo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 July 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Fife, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 7 lb (203 lb; 92 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Bell Baxter High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Miller Durie Rollo (born on 7 July 1934) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1] He played as a prop forward. Unusually for a Scotland internationalist, he came from Fife. [2]
Rollo went to Bell Baxter High School in Cupar, and continues to support their rugby team. [3] However, while at school, he preferred football. [3]
Rollo played for Howe of Fife R.F.C. until he was 40. [3]
As a prop, Rollo could play both tight and loosehead:
Rollo played for North and Midlands in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. [4]
Rollo was in the first two Blues Trial side matches against Whites Trial in 1962-63, scoring a try in each game and helping secure the Blues win in both matches. [5] [6]
Rollo played 40 times for Scotland. [7]
Allan Massie includes Rollo in his All-Time XV's reserves, saying "Rollo's ability to play on either side of the scrum would make him a natural member of the squad". [8]
Bill McLaren witnessed Rollo's international debut, at the 1959 Calcutta Cup game
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