Oliver Grant (rugby union)

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Oliver Grant
Birth nameThomas Oliver Grant
Date of birth(1933-09-05)5 September 1933
Date of deathJune 2022(2022-06-00) (aged 88)
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Hawick ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scottish Border XV ()
- South of Scotland ()
- Provinces District ()
– Blues Trial ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1960-64 Scotland 6

Thomas Oliver Grant (5 September 1933 – June 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1] [2]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Grant played for Hawick. [1]

Provincial career

Grant played for the Scottish Border XV in their match against Royal Air Force Rugby Union in 1962. [3]

He played for South of Scotland.

Grant played for Provinces District - the combined north–south side - in their match against Canada on 28 November 1962. [4]

He played for Blues Trial in the 3rd and last trial match of the 1962-63 season; the Blues edging a 23–20 win over Whites Trial. [5]

International career

Grant was capped for Scotland six times between 1960 and 1964. [1]

Personal life and death

Oliver Grant died in June 2022, at the age of 88. [6]

His late, younger brother Derrick Grant was also capped for Scotland. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bath, p138
  2. ↑ "Thomas Oliver Grant". ESPN scrum.
  3. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. ↑ "Oliver Grant". Scottish Rugby. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
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