Frank Fasson

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Frank Fasson
Birth nameFrancis Hamilton Fasson
Date of birth(1877-09-21)21 September 1877
Place of birth Peebles, Scotland
Date of death23 October 1955(1955-10-23) (aged 78)
Place of death Jedburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half back
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Cambridge University
London Scottish
Edinburgh Wanderers
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Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Anglo-Scots ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1900-02 Scotland 5 (0)

Francis Hamilton (Frank) Fasson was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Half back. [1]

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Life

He was the son of Charles Hamilton Fasson MD, Superintendent of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, by his second wife, Margaret Sarah Robertson, who died when Frank was five.

He trained as a lawyer and in 1910 is listed as Francis H. Fasson WS living at 10 Murrayfield Drive in West Edinburgh. [2]

In the First World War he served as a Captain in the Scottish Horse regiment.

He died in Jedburgh on 23 October 1955.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Cambridge University. [3]

He then played for London Scottish and Edinburgh Wanderers.

Provincial career

Fasson played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898. [3]

International career

He was capped 5 times for Scotland from 1900 to 1902. [4]

Family

He married Lilias Clara Bruce and was father to Tony Fasson a hero of the Second World War.

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References

  1. "Francis Hamilton Fasson". ESPN scrum.
  2. Edinburgh Post Office directory 1910
  3. 1 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000295/18981226/139/0006 via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Frank Fasson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.