Graham Hogg (rugby union, born 1948)

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Graham Hogg
Birth nameCharles Graham Hogg
Date of birth(1948-03-02)2 March 1948
Place of birth Hawick, Scotland
Date of death8 August 2017(2017-08-08) (aged 69)
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Hawick Wanderers ()
– Hawick Linden ()
– Hawick ()
– Boroughmuir ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Edinburgh District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1978 Scotland 2 (0)
Coaching career
YearsTeam
– Boroughmuir
– Edinburgh District
1996 Edinburgh Rugby
– Scottish Districts
– Scotland Students
– Scotland A
– Currie

Graham Hogg (2 March 1948 - 8 August 2017) was a Scotland international rugby union player and rugby union coach. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

A product of Hawick High School, Hogg played for Hawick Wanderers and Hawick Linden before moving to play for Hawick.

Hogg moved to Edinburgh University to study; and he then played for Boroughmuir.

In 1976, he was part of the Boroughmuir side that won the Melrose Sevens. [2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District.

International career

His was capped twice by Scotland in 1978. [3]

Coaching career

He coached Borughmuir and then Edinburgh District. When the side turned professional in 1996 he then coached Edinburgh Rugby. He then moved on to coach the combined Scottish Districts side and the Scotland Students side and then Scotland 'A'. He coached Scotland 'A' to the 1998 Grand Slam. [4]

He then moved to coach Currie. He coached Currie to win the Scottish Premiership in 2006-07 and in 2009–10 seasons. [2] Hogg had arrived at the club when they were in Division 4. [5]

Administrative career

For a short while he was a Director of Currie. [6]

He later became chairman of the club. [5]

Civil Service career

He worked with the Inland Revenue with HMRC. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Charles Graham Hogg". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 "Graham Hogg". Scottish Rugby Union.
  3. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Graham Hogg - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  4. ↑ "Matt Scott pays tribute to '˜great man' Graham Hogg". www.scotsman.com.
  5. 1 2 "Death of Graham Hogg, former Scotland international and coach".
  6. ↑ "Charles Graham HOGG - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  7. ↑ "Obituary - Charles Graham Hogg, rugby internationalist and coach". HeraldScotland.
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