Gordon Boyd (rugby union) explained

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]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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.

Provincial career

He played for the Whites Trial side on 15 December 1924.[3]

International career

He was capped by Scotland just the once, in 1926, to play against England at Twickenham.[4]

Family

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gordon Mclean Boyd. ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
  3. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
  4. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gordon Boyd - Test matches. ESPN scrum.