Max Simmers

Max Simmers
Birth name	William Maxwell Simmers
Date of birth	7 August 1904
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	14 November 1972 (aged 68)
Place of death	Helensburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre/Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
-	Glasgow Academicals
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
-	Glasgow District
-	Scotland Probables
International career
Years	Team
1926–32	Scotland
70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
	In office; 1956–1957

Last updated August 23, 2025

1 2 3 player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
1 2 3 4 5 Bath, p139
1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
↑ "William Maxwell Simmers".
↑ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby .
↑ "A Tennis-rugby Alliance Miss Sterry Marries Mr. Simmers" . The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 16 July 1932. Retrieved 9 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)

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[Scrum-1] 1 2 3 player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010

[Bath1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Bath, p139

[news.google.com-3] 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".

[4] "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

[5] "William Maxwell Simmers".

[6] "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby .

[7] "A Tennis-rugby Alliance Miss Sterry Marries Mr. Simmers" . The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 16 July 1932. Retrieved 9 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.