Bobby Clark (rugby union)
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Birth name | Robert Lawson Clark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 January 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bobby Clark (born 27 January 1944) is a former Scotland rugby union international player.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Melville College.[1]
He played for Edinburgh Wanderers.
He also played rugby union for the Royal Navy.
Provincial career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh District and captained the side.[2] He was part of that season's squad that won the Scottish Inter-District Championship in a play-off in the 1971-72 season, although he did not play in the play-off match.[3]
International career
[edit]He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play France 'B' in 1971.
He went on to play for Scotland 9 times.[4] He scored a try in the 5 February 1972 match against Wales; although Scotland slumped to a 35-12 defeat in the match.[5]
Academic career
[edit]He worked for many years as a Staff Tutor in the Faculty of Technology within the Open University.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Oswald, Nick. "Caught in Time: Scotland's rugby team, 1973" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bobby Clark - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Wales v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Bob Clark - C&S at the OU". www.cands.org. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scotland 'B' international rugby union players
- Royal Navy rugby union players
- Edinburgh Wanderers RFC players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Melville College FP players
- Rugby union hookers
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs