Gibbie Abercrombie | |
Birth Name: | James Gilbert Abercrombie |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1928 |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Repteam1: | Scotland |
Repyears1: | 1949-50 |
Repcaps1: | 7 |
Reppoints1: | 3 |
Ru Provinceyears1: | 1950 |
Ru Province1: | Edinburgh District |
Ru Provinceyears2: | 1950 |
Ru Province2: | Blues Trial |
Amatyears1: | - |
Amatteam1: | Edinburgh University |
Amatyears2: | - |
Amatteam2: | Heriots |
Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[2]
He then moved to play for Heriots.[3]
He played for Edinburgh District against Northumberland on 27 September 1950.[4]
He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in 1950.[5]
He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland.[6] [7]
After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P.[8]