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| Birth name | Norman McQueen Munnoch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 January 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Polmont, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 November 2023 (aged 94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Burlington, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | George Watson's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Anaesthesiologist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman McQueen Munnoch (4 January 1929 – 6 November 2023) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a hooker. [1]
Norman played for the Watsonians. [2]
He also played for the RAF rugby union team. [3]
Norman played for Edinburgh District in the 1950-51 Inter-City match against Glasgow District on 2 December 1950. Glasgow won the Inter-City 11 pts to 3 pts. [4]
Norman played for Edinburgh District in the 1951-52 Inter-City match against Glasgow District on 1 December 1951. Glasgow won the Inter-City 6 pts to 3 pts. [5]
He was capped for Scotland three times in 1952, all of the caps coming in the Five Nations matches. [1] Norman was capped for the following matches:
Norman died on November, 6th, 2023 at the age of 94. [6]
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