Donald Troup Explained

Donald Troup
Full Name:Donald Scott Troup
University:University of Oxford
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1927

Donald Scott Troup (1907 – 1973) was a Scottish international rugby union player.

Troup was the son of forestry expert Robert Scott Troup. He attended Uppingham School and Dragon School, followed by the University of Oxford, where he was a rugby blue.[1]

A forward, Troup attended trials for Scotland and represented the British Lions on their 1927 tour to Argentina, playing in four fixtures including two of the matches against the Pumas.[2]

Troup was a colonial administrator in Tanganyika.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: #251 Donald Troup . British & Irish Lions.
  2. News: Oxford's All-Scottish Three-Quarter Line . . 6 December 1928.
  3. Book: Furse . Ralph Dolignon . Aucuparius; Recollections of a Recruiting Officer . 1962 . Oxford University Press.