Jock Allan (rugby union)
| Birth name | John White Allan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 June 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 29 December 1958 (aged 53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jock Allan (4 June 1905 – 29 December 1958) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He was the first married man to play for the Scotland side.[2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Allan played for Melrose.
He was in the Melrose 7s side that won the Melrose Sevens in 1931.
Provincial career
[edit]He played in the South of Scotland District versus North of Scotland District match of 1931.[3]
By 1933 he was dropped by the South of Scotland District side; their team that season were underdogs to beat the North of Scotland District side.[4]
International career
[edit]He was capped 17 times for Scotland from 1927 to 1934.[5]
He made headlines in his cap against Ireland on 24 February 1934 – he was the first married man to play for Scotland.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "John White Allan". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Allan - Test matches". ESPN scrum.