Ed Crozier

Ed Crozier is a Scottish former rugby union player and referee. He was the 126th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1] Outside of rugby union, he is a theatre, film, TV and radio drama producer.[2]

Ed Crozier
Birth nameEdward Andrew Crozier
Date of birthNovember 1959 (age 63–64)
UniversityUniversity of Glasgow
Glasgow Caledonian University
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow Academicals
West of Scotland		 ()
126th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
2015–2016
Preceded byIan Rankin
Succeeded byRob Flockhart

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals and West of Scotland.[3]

Referee career

Crozier is a grade 'A' rugby union referee and has been a Chairman of the Scottish Rugby Referees Association.[4]

He refereed the SRU founders members match between Glasgow Academicals and West of Scotland in 2016.[3]

Administrative career

He became a director of Whitecraigs from 1992 to 1994.[5]

He became the President of Cartha Queens Park.[6]

Crozier became the 126th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year in office from 2015 to 2016.[1][7]

During his time as president the SRU gave out grants to clubs as part of their sustainability fund. Crozier stated: "The Club Sustainability Fund enables us to improve the infrastructure of the domestic game across Scotland through supporting clubs and their project ideas. Together with the BT sponsorship investment, we are helping to improve club facilities for grassroots rugby. We hope such investment will encourage more players and communities to get involved with their clubs to help create a rugby legacy within the domestic game."[8]

Arts career

Crozier has been a Director of Scottish Opera since 2012.[5] He has been a former Director of Culture and Sport Glasgow.[9] From 2017 to 2018 he was a Director of Castlight.[5][10]

Some of the productions he has either produced or executive produced are:- Rat Pack Confidential, Baby Doll, South Pacific, The Celtic Story and Bill Bryden's first world war epic The Big Picnic.[2]

References
  1. "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
  2. "Meet the Board".
  3. "StackPath". www.glasgowhawks.com.
  4. "Edward Crozier - Powerbase". powerbase.info.
  5. "Edward Andrew CROZIER - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  6. Team, The Offside Line (27 August 2019). "GHA make it three in a row against Cartha QP in the Billy Barnes Cup". The Offside Line.
  7. Scrum, The (10 August 2015). "Ed Crozier appointed new SRU President at AGM".
  8. "StackPath". www.marrrugby.com.
  9. "Who we are – Promenade Productions".
  10. Grady, Phil (4 May 2017). "Security in a Safer Financial World | Castlight - a part of Experian". castlightfinancial.com.
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