Oliver Grant (rugby union)
| Birth name | Thomas Oliver Grant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 September 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | June 2022 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Oliver Grant (5 September 1933 – June 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Provincial career
[edit]Grant played for the Scottish Border XV in their match against Royal Air Force Rugby Union in 1962.[3]
He played for South of Scotland.
Grant played for Provinces District - the combined north–south side - in their match against Canada on 28 November 1962.[4]
He played for Blues Trial in the 3rd and last trial match of the 1962-63 season; the Blues edging a 23–20 win over Whites Trial.[5]
International career
[edit]Grant was capped for Scotland six times between 1960 and 1964.[1]
Personal life and death
[edit]Oliver Grant died in June 2022, at the age of 88.[6]
His late, younger brother Derrick Grant was also capped for Scotland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bath, p138
- ^ "Thomas Oliver Grant". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Oliver Grant". Scottish Rugby. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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