Adam Robson should not be confused with Adam Henry Robson.
| Adam Robson | |||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Adam Robson | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1928 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Dollar, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Position: | Flanker | ||||||||||
| Amatyears2: | 1951 | ||||||||||
| Amatteam1: | Edinburgh College of Art | ||||||||||
| Amatteam2: | Hawick Linden | ||||||||||
| Amatteam3: | Hawick | ||||||||||
| Provinceyears1: | 1954 | ||||||||||
| Province1: | South of Scotland District | ||||||||||
| Repteam1: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Repyears1: | 1954-60 | ||||||||||
| Repcaps1: | 22 | ||||||||||
| Reppoints1: | 0 | ||||||||||
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Adam Robson (16 August 1928 – 15 March 2007) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He played as a flanker.[1]
He was playing for the Edinburgh College of Art. A relative Andrew Gordon suggested he play with Hawick Linden before trying to make the step up to Hawick.[2]
Robson then played for Hawick Linden and Hawick.[3]
He was capped by South of Scotland District in the 1954–55 Scottish Inter-District Championship.[4]
He was capped twenty-two times for between 1954 and 1960.[1] [5]
Robson served on the Barbarians committee for 20 years.
He became the 97th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1983 to 1984.[6]
He was a prolific artist selling more than 900 works; and also authored three books.[7]