Angus Black Explained

Birth Name:Angus William Black
Birth Date:1925 5, df=yes
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Amatteam1:Edinburgh University
Amatteam2:Leicester Tigers
Amatteam3:Bristol Bears
Amatteam4:RAFRU
Province1:Edinburgh District
Province2:Cities
Province3:Scotland Possibles
Provinceyears1:-
Repyears1:1947–1950
Repyears2:1950
Repteam1:Scotland
Repteam2:British and Irish Lions
Repcaps1:8
Repcaps2:2
Reppoints1:0
Reppoints2:0

Angus William "Gus" Black (6 May 1925 – 14 February 2018) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions.[1] [2]

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.

References

  1. Wallance, Matt (20 February 2018) Obituary – Gus Black, Scotland and British Lion Rugby international. HeraldScotland. Retrieved on 11 July 2018.
  2. Bath, Richard (ed.) (2007) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. . p. 118
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. 2021-07-21. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: Log In or Sign Up to View. 2021-07-21. www.facebook.com. en.
  5. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19471208/064/0002. British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Web site: Wallabies' Display Was Best Of Tour. Sydney Morning Herald . 17 October 1947. 10. Trove.
  7. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19471222/070/0002. British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Web site: Former British Lion Gus Black dies aged 92. Belfast Telegraph. 15 February 2018.