Angus Black
Angus William "Gus" Black (6 May 1925 – 14 February 2018) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1][2]
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| Birth name | Angus William Black | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 May 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 February 2018 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Black played for Edinburgh University.[3]
He went on to play for Leicester and Bristol during his National Service.
He played for the Royal Air Force Rugby Union in 1954.[4]
Provincial career
Black was capped for Edinburgh District.[5]
He played for the Cities District side in their match against Australia in October 1947.[6]
He turned out for the Scotland Possibles side in 1947.[7]
International career
Black made his first international appearance on New Year's Day 1947 while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[8] He also played for Edinburgh University rugby team,[2] and was on the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia where he played in two tests, playing in a 9–9 draw in Dunedin and a 0–8 loss in Christchurch.[2]
Death
Black lived in Lundin Links in Fife. After moving into a care home in the 1990s, Black died in February 2018 and at the time of his death was the oldest living Lions player.[8]
References
- Wallance, Matt (20 February 2018) Obituary – Gus Black, Scotland and British Lion Rugby international. HeraldScotland. Retrieved on 11 July 2018.
- Bath, Richard (ed.) (2007) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905326-24-6. p. 118
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- "Log In or Sign Up to View". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19471208/064/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "Wallabies' Display Was Best Of Tour". 17 October 1947. p. 10 – via Trove.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19471222/070/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "Former British Lion Gus Black dies aged 92". Belfast Telegraph. 15 February 2018.