George Macleod | |
Birth Name: | George William Leslie Macleod |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1858 |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Ru Position: | Forward |
Ru Amateuryears: | - |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Edinburgh Academicals |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1877 |
Ru Nationalteam: | Scotland |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1878–82 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
George Macleod was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1 December 1877.
He played twice for Scotland. His debut was the 4 March 1878 match against England at The Oval.[3]
He second and final cap was against Ireland in Glasgow on 18 February 1882.[4]
He was born to Gordon Macleod and Mary Ramsay Leslie. He had two sisters: Mary Wilhelmina Louisa Macleod and Henrietta Preston Macleod. His mother Mary died when he was only three; his father Gordon died 12 years later.