Edwin Hansen Henriksen | |
Birth Name: | Edwin Hansen Henriksen |
Birth Date: | 14 May 1929 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Vancouver, Canada |
Position: | No. 8 |
Amatteam1: | Royal HSFP |
Province1: | Edinburgh District |
Repteam1: | Scotland |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Repyears1: | 1953 |
Edwin Henriksen (14 May 1929 – 20 September 2000) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a No. 8.[1]
Henriksen played for Royal HSFP.[2]
He also played Sevens for Royal HSFP in the 1950 Hawick Sevens tournament.[3]
Henriksen played for a 'Rest of Edinburgh' side against Heriots FP on 19 April 1950.[4] He was later selected for Edinburgh District to play in Inter-City match against Glasgow District in December 1950.[5] In 1951 Edwin Henriksen played in a joint Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities XV' against South Africa.[6] That same year he was selected for the Co-Optimists in 1951.[7]
He was involved in the trial match for Scotland selection on 17 December 1949 when the Kelvinside-West forward R.C. Taylor was injured.[8] Henriksen played for the 'Rest of Scotland' side.[9] [10] In 1953 he was capped for once. Henriksen played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February.[11]
Shortly after playing for Scotland Henriksen emigrated to the United States of America on 27 May 1953.
He later moved to Canada in 1958.