Bill Connon Explained

Bill Connon
Birth Date:c.1922
Birth Place:Aberdeen, Scotland
Ru Position:Forward
Amatyears1:1940-50
Amatteam1:Aberdeen GSFP
Relatives:Jacky Connon, father
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Office:President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:1987
Term End:1988
Order:101st

Bill Connon was a Scottish rugby union player. He became the 101st President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He was also a golf administrator in the north-east of Scotland and organised the Northern Open tournament for a number of years.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Connon went to Aberdeen Grammar School.[1]

Connon played for Aberdeen GSFP.[2] [3]

Provincial career

Connon played in a trial match organised by North of Scotland District. They split teams into Maroon ('A') and Blue ('B') jerseys to play off for selection by the district to face the Midlands District in October 1949. Connon was reported by the Aberdeen Press and Journal to have scored 'a gem of a forward try' for the Maroons.[3]

Despite that try he failed to make the XV for the North v Midlands match on 5 November 1949.[4]

Administrative career

Connon became the 101st President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1987 to 1988.[5]

In a notable changeover he took over from another former Aberdeen Grammar school former pupil Doug Smith. Tom Pearson of Howe of Fife and Jimmy McNeill of Hutchesons GSFP were elected Vice-Presidents.[6] [7]

Outside of rugby union

He was a solicitor in Aberdeen, becoming an advocate.[8]

His father was Jacky Connon, an Aberdeen F.C. player of the post-First World War era.[9]

He was a North-East District golf official.[10] He was one of the main organisers of the Northern Open, together with Jack Hall.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19350615/020/0004. British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19401121/108/0006. British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19491027/054/0004. British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19491104/087/0004. British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: Scottish Rugby . s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com . 2020-04-10 . 2019-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf . dead .
  6. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19870627/125/0010. British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Web site: Chapter 3: Club Sections | Club History | Aberdeen Grammar Former Pupils Club. www.agsfp.com.
  8. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19520104/139/0006. British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19530129/029/0003. British Newspaper Archive.
  10. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19930701/600/0028. British Newspaper Archive.
  11. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19970503/043/0009. British Newspaper Archive.
  12. Web site: Scottish Golf View - Golf News from Around the World: THANKS FOR THE MEMORY: Murcar and the Northern Open.

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