| Jock Steven | |||||||||||
| Birth Name: | John Brown Steven | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1935 5, df=yes | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | St Andrews, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Ru Position: | Flanker | ||||||||||
| Amatyears1: | - | ||||||||||
| Amatteam1: | Madras College FP | ||||||||||
| Provinceyears1: | 1964 | ||||||||||
| Province1: | North of Scotland District | ||||||||||
| Repteam1: | Barbarians | ||||||||||
| Repyears1: | 1962 | ||||||||||
| Coachteams1: | Madras College FP | ||||||||||
| Coachteams2: | North of Scotland District | ||||||||||
| Coachteams3: | Scotland U18 | ||||||||||
| Coachyears1: | - | ||||||||||
| School: | Madras College | ||||||||||
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John Brown Steven (10 May 1935 – 6 April 2020), known as Jock Steven, was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 107th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Steven was educated at Madras College and played rugby union for the school team. His family farmed at Dunino on the East Neuk of Fife.[2]
On leaving school, he played for Madras College FP and captained the side in 1958-59 season and 1961-62 season.[3]
Steven represented the combined North of Scotland District side in their 1964 match against New Zealand.[3]
Steven's closest time to being capped for Scotland was when he was an unused travelling reserve for the international side in a Five Nations match.[4] He was not used.[3]
He did play for the Barbarians in their 1962 tour of Wales.[3]
He coached Madras College FP and the combined North of Scotland District side. He later coached the Scotland U18 team.
Steven was the Madras College FP president from 1970 to 1975.[4]
He joined the SRU as Midlands District representative in 1976.[2]
He was tour manager of the Scotland Development XV in their 1988 tour of Zimbabwe.[3]
Steven became the 107th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1993 to 1994.[1] [5]
Steven had 3 brothers:- Bill, Alan and Robert. In one memorable game in 1957 all 4 brothers, including Jock, made the Madras College FP first XV.[3]