Percy Friebe

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Percy Friebe
Birth nameJohn Percy Friebe
Date of birth(1931-05-09)9 May 1931
Date of death17 May 2019(2019-05-17) (aged 88)
School High School of Glasgow
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow HSFP
Worcester Warriors
Moseley
RAFRU 		()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow District ()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1952 Scotland 1 (0)

Percy Friebe (born 9 May 1931) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Friebe played as a No. 8. [1]

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Rugby union career

Amateur career

Friebe played for Glasgow HSFP. [2]

He also played for Worcester Warriors, Moseley and the RAF rugby union. [3]

Friebe scored the first ever try at Burnbrae when Glasgow HSFP opened West of Scotland's new ground in 1960. [3] [4]

Provincial career

Friebe played for Glasgow District. He won the 1951-52 Inter-City against Edinburgh District. [5]

He played for Glasgow in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played in the 1953–54 Scottish Inter-District Championship and the 1954-55 championship.

He also played for the combined Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities' side against South Africa. [3]

International career

He was capped for Scotland once, in 1952, in the Five Nations match against England at Murrayfield. [6]

Administration

Friebe is the Honorary President of Glasgow High Kelvinside. [3] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Percy Friebe".
  2. ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "80 UP".
  4. ↑ "Once upon a time in the West - News - Glasgow Hawks RFC".
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Percy Friebe - Test matches".
  7. ↑ "A Few Final Thoughts". 18 April 2015.
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