Gussie Graham Explained

Gussie Graham
Birth Name:James Hope Stewart Graham
Birth Date:16 April 1856
Birth Place:Middlebie, Scotland
Death Place:Dumfries, Scotland
Ru Position:Forward
Ru Amateuryears:-
Ru Amateurclubs:Edinburgh Academicals
Ru Provinceyears:1874-
1876-
1878
Ru Province:Edinburgh District
East of Scotland District
Blues Trial
Ru Nationalteam:Scotland
Ru Nationalcaps:10
Ru Nationalpoints:(3)
Ru Nationalyears:1876-81
Ru Refereeyears:1884
Ru Refereecomps:Scottish Districts
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Office:President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:1883
Term End:1884
Order:11th

Gussie Graham (16 April 1856 – 17 October 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Graham played with Edinburgh Academicals.[2]

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1874.[2]

He played for East of Scotland District in 1876.[3]

He played for the Blues Trial side in 1878.[4]

International career

Graham was capped 10 times for Scotland between 1876 and 1881.[5]

Referee career

He refereed the 1884 inter-city match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District.[6]

Administrative career

He became the 11th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1883 to 1884.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: James Hope Stewart Graham. En.espn.co.uk.
  2. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 6 July 2022.
  3. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18760228/032/0006. British Newspaper Archive. 6 July 2022.
  4. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007. British Newspaper Archive. 6 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gussie Graham - Test matches. ESPNscrum.com. 6 July 2022.
  6. Web site: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18841208/061/0003. British Newspaper Archive. 6 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 . . 18 March 2020 . 16 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf . dead .