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| Born | Norman Suddon 28 June 1943 Cavers, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 18 April 2022 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norm Suddon (28 June 1943 – 18 April 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Prop. [1]
Suddon played for Hawick. [2] He was deemed a protege of Hugh McLeod, a long-time Hawick prop. [3]
Suddon played for a Scottish Border XV in their October 1962 matches against Durham County and Royal Air Force Rugby Union; both warm-up matches to help selection to the South district side. [4] [5]
He played for South of Scotland District. [6]
He played for the Whites Trial side in their match against the Blues Trial side on 9 February 1963. [7] After impressing he then turned out for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side in their final match that season on 2 March 1963. [7]
Suddon played for Scotland Probables in their match against Scotland Possibles on 31 December 1966. However after a poor display by the Probables front row, Suddon was deemed a 'scapegoat' by the Aberdeen Press and Journal when he was left out of the Scotland international team to meet France in January 1967. [8]
He was named for Scotland Probables in their match against Scotland Possibles on 9 January 1971. [9] However he had to withdraw due to a knee injury that he sustained in his club match prior to this. Suddon had to have surgery on his cartilage. [10]
Suddon was capped 13 times for Scotland. [11]
He also played in a combined Scotland-Ireland team that played against England-Wales on 14 October 1972 to mark the SRU centenary. [12]
Suddon worked as a hosiery worker in Hawick. [3] He died on 18 April 2022, at the age of 78. [13]