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 | ||||||||||
Ru Position: | Flanker | ||||||||||
Ru Amateuryears: | 1951 | ||||||||||
Ru Amateurclubs: | Edinburgh College of Art Hawick Linden Hawick | ||||||||||
Ru Provinceyears: | 1954 | ||||||||||
Ru Province: | South of Scotland District | ||||||||||
Ru Nationalteam: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Ru Nationalyears: | 1954-60 | ||||||||||
Ru Nationalcaps: | 22 | ||||||||||
Ru Nationalpoints: | (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]