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]
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]
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]
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]
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.