William Stevenson | |
Birth Name: | William Hugh Stevenson |
Birth Date: | 3 May 1897 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Streatley, Berkshire, England |
Ru Amateuryears: | - |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Glasgow Academicals |
Ru Provinceyears: | 1924 1924 1924 1924 |
Ru Province: | Glasgow District Whites Trial Scotland Possibles Scotland Probables |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Ru Nationalteam: | Scotland |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1925 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 1 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
William Stevenson (3 May 1897 - 26 August 1972) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
He played for Glasgow District in the 1924 inter-city match against Edinburgh District.[3]
He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 15 December 1924; and he started for Scotland Possibles in the trial match of 27 December 1924, impressing he came on for the Scotland Probables side in the second half.
Stevenson played for Scotland once in 1925.[4]
He was in the 3/16 Punjab regiment, and was a captain.[5]
His father Hugh Ferguson Stevenson (1845-1930) married Eliza McEwen (1854-1933) in 1879 in Glasgow.[5]
William was one of their eight children, and the youngest son.[5]
William was to marry Elizabeth Margaret Wallace (1902-1985) in 1931 in Kirkintilloch.[5]