Birth name | Thomas Grant Weatherstone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 June 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 January 2020 88) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grant Weatherstone (27 June 1931 – 2 January 2020) [1] was a Scotland international rugby union player. Weatherstone played as a winger. [2]
Weatherstone played for Stewart's College FP. [3]
Weatherstone represented Edinburgh District. [4]
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