Gordon Boyd | |
Birth Name: | Gordon Mclean Boyd |
Birth Date: | 8 March 1905 |
Birth Place: | Cadder, Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Pulborough, England |
Ru Position: | Wing |
Ru Amateuryears: | 1922-27 |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Glasgow HSFP |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1924 |
Ru Province: | Whites Trial |
Ru Nationalteam: | Scotland |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1926 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 1 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Gordon Boyd (8 March 1905 - 21 February 1980) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]
He was part of the Glasgow HSFP side that shared the 1923-24 Scottish Unofficial Championship season title with Glasgow Academicals. Boyd scored 28 tries that season, including 6 in one match and 4 in another.
The Chocolate and Gold history of Glasgow HSFP recalls:
He was a very elusive winger who, though not lightning fast, had a fine swerve and played at centre and stand-off when required.
He played for the Whites Trial side on 15 December 1924.[3]
He was capped by Scotland just the once, in 1926, to play against England at Twickenham.[4]
His father was David Mitchell Boyd who died in 1955.
Gordon Boyd married Hannah Margaret Allison Murdoch (1907-1980) on 10 November 1934 in Yangon, Burma.