Malcolm Swan

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Malcolm Swan
Birth nameMalcolm William Swan
Date of birth (1934-12-04) 4 December 1934 (age 89)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
School Fettes College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1957 Oxford University ()
1958- London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1957 Whites Trial ()
1957 Scotland Probables ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1958-59 Scotland 8 (0)

Malcolm Swan (born 4 December 1934) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to Fettes College and captained their 1st XV rugby side. He left the college at Christmas 1954. [2]

He played for Oxford University, gaining his blue in 1957. [3]

He then moved on to London Scottish. [3] He made his debut for Scottish against London Welsh in January 1958. [4]

Provincial career

He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 14 December 1957. [5]

He was said to impress in that match and that aided his selection for Scotland Probables in the final trial match against Scotland Possibles on 28 December 1957. [6]

International career

He was capped 8 times for Scotland between 19581959. [7]

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References

  1. "Malcolm William Swan". ESPN scrum.
  2. "Register" . Retrieved 27 September 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  4. "Register" . Retrieved 27 September 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  7. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Malcolm Swan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.