Graham Hogg (rugby union, born 1948) explained

Graham Hogg
Birth Name:Charles Graham Hogg
Birth Date:2 March 1948
Birth Place:Hawick, Scotland
Death Place:Edinburgh, Scotland
Ru Position:Wing
Repteam1:Scotland
Repyears1:1978
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0
Provinceyears1:-
Province1:Edinburgh District
Amatyears1:-
Amatteam1:Hawick Wanderers
Amatteam2:Hawick Linden
Amatteam3:Hawick
Amatteam4:Boroughmuir
Coachteams1:Boroughmuir
Coachteams2:Edinburgh District
Coachteams3:Scottish Districts
Coachteams4:Scotland Students
Coachteams5:Scotland A
Coachteams6:Currie
Coachyears1:

Graham Hogg (2 March 1948 - 8 August 2017) was a Scotland international rugby union player and rugby union coach.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

A product of Hawick High School, Hogg played for Hawick Wanderers and Hawick Linden before moving to play for Hawick.

Hogg moved to Edinburgh University to study; and he then played for Boroughmuir.

In 1976, he was part of the Boroughmuir side that won the Melrose Sevens.[2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District.

International career

His was capped twice by Scotland in 1978.[3]

Coaching career

He coached Borughmuir and then Edinburgh District. He then moved on to coach the combined Scottish Districts side and the Scotland Students side and then Scotland 'A'. He coached Scotland 'A' to the 1998 Grand Slam.[4]

He then moved to coach Currie. He coached Currie to win the Scottish Premiership in 2006-07 and in 2009–10 seasons.[2] Hogg had arrived at the club when they were in Division 4.[5]

Administrative career

For a short while he was a Director of Currie.[6]

He later became chairman of the club.[5]

Civil Service career

He worked with the Inland Revenue with HMRC.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Graham Hogg. ESPN scrum.
  2. Web site: Graham Hogg. Scottish Rugby Union.
  3. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Graham Hogg - Test matches. ESPN scrum.
  4. Web site: Matt Scott pays tribute to '˜great man' Graham Hogg. www.scotsman.com.
  5. Web site: Death of Graham Hogg, former Scotland international and coach.
  6. Web site: Charles Graham HOGG - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House). find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  7. Web site: Obituary - Charles Graham Hogg, rugby internationalist and coach. HeraldScotland.