Birth name | John Robert Hay Gordon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 November 1849 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Clerkenwell, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Gordon was a Scotland international rugby football player. [1]
He played for Edinburgh Academicals. [2]
He was capped 3 times for Scotland beginning 8 March 1875. [3] [4]
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