Peter Brown (rugby union)

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Peter Brown
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Birth namePeter Currie Brown
Date of birth (1941-12-16) 16 December 1941 (age 81)
Place of birth Troon, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- West of Scotland
Gala
()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Glasgow District ()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1964-73 Scotland 27 (65)

Peter Brown (born 16 December 1941) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played No. 8 and Lock. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Brown played for West of Scotland and Gala.

Brown was dubbed "the man on the coathanger" in his playing days because of his unusually square shoulders inherited from his maternal grandmother's side of the family. He kicked many goals which is very unusual for a forward.

Provincial career

Brown played for Glasgow District. [2]

International career

Brown captained Scotland 10 times in his 27 internationals (1964–73). He is unique in captaining Scotland to 3 victories over England and his 67 international points making him Scotland's all-time highest scoring rugby forward. [3] [4]

Administrative career

Brown was an independent member of Scottish Rugby's discipline panel and acted as a match and discipline commissioner for both the RBS Six Nations and the Heineken European Cup.

Business career

Brown was chairman of the Scottish Building Society from 1993 to 2003. From 1975 till 2004 he was senior partner in Hogg Thorburn, chartered accountants, in Galashiels and was a non-executive director with Edinburgh Risk Management (General) Limited, insurance brokers. [5]

Now retired from chartered accountancy, an outstandingly entertaining public speaker, he teaches public speaking and meeting presentation skills. In his involvement as a Trustee with the Scottish Borders employment charity WORKS+ mentors young adults in the basics of performance at interview. In addition he is an accomplished photographer, in 2014 published a luxury book of the Muirfield members and their guests enjoying the 2013 Open.

Family

Brown is the elder brother of the late Gordon Brown, the son of footballer John Brown, [6] and the nephew of footballers Tom and Jim Brown.

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References

  1. "Peter Currie Brown". ESPN scrum.
  2. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Peter Brown - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  4. "'Hate is for terrorists. Not rugby players'". www.rugbypass.com.
  5. "Peter (PC) Brown, Book Burns Speaker Peter (PC) Brown". www.tmcentertainment.co.uk.
  6. Lindsay, Clive (23 May 2019). "Scottish Cup final: 80th anniversary for Clyde side that held the trophy longest". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
Sources
  1. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN   0-904919-84-6)