| Birth name | Edwin Hansen Henriksen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 May 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 September 2000 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Vancouver, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwin Henriksen (14 May 1929 – 20 September 2000) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a No. 8. [1]
Henriksen played for Royal HSFP. [2]
He also played Sevens for Royal HSFP in the 1950 Hawick Sevens tournament. [3]
Henriksen played for a 'Rest of Edinburgh' side against Heriots FP on 19 April 1950. [4] He was later selected for Edinburgh District to play in Inter-City match against Glasgow District in December 1950. [5] In 1951 Edwin Henriksen played in a joint Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities XV' against South Africa. [6] That same year he was selected for the Co-Optimists in 1951. [7]
He was involved in the trial match for Scotland selection on 17 December 1949 when the Kelvinside-West forward R.C. Taylor was injured. [8] Henriksen played for the 'Rest of Scotland' side. [9] [10] In 1953 he was capped for Scotland once. Henriksen played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February. [11]
Shortly after playing for Scotland Henriksen emigrated to the United States of America on 27 May 1953.[ citation needed ]
He later moved to Canada in 1958.[ citation needed ]
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