Jock Stewart (rugby union) explained

Jock Stewart
Full Name:John Livingstone Stewart
Birth Date:6 May 1894
Birth Place:Hawick, Scotland
Death Place:South Africa
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1921
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

John Livingstone Stewart (6 May 1894 — 6 August 1971) was a Scottish international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Hawick, Stewart was the son of a minister and during his teenage years moved to Edinburgh.[2]

Stewart served as an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during World War I, suffering a gun shot wound to his shoulder in the Second Battle of Arras. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1918.[2]

A strongly-built forward, Stewart played his rugby for Edinburgh Academicals.[3] He was capped once for Scotland, appearing as wing-forward against Ireland at Lansdowne Road during the 1921 Five Nations tournament.[2]

Stewart was a veterinarian and lived for 26 years in Ghana through his work in the Colonial service. During this period he helped to vaccinate cattle to prevent an outbreak of the deadly rinderpest disease and was involved in assisting local farmers with cattle breeding. He lived the remainder of his life in South Africa.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Rugby East and West. . . 28 December 1923.
  2. News: Brown . Annie . Family pay tribute to WWI hero killed by sniper's bullet while saving an injured comrade . Daily Record . 10 November 2014 . en.
  3. News: King May Return . Daily Record . 18 October 1923.