William Renwick (rugby union)
| Birth name | William Norman Renwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 November 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 June 1944 (aged 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bolsena, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Norman Renwick (29 November 1914 – 15 June 1944) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who was killed in World War II at Bolsena.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh Wanderers and London Scottish FC.[1]
Provincial career
[edit]He represented Edinburgh District.[3]
He played for the Scotland Possibles side in their trial match against the Scotland Probables on 15 January 1938.[4]
International career
[edit]He was capped twice for Scotland between 1938 and 1939, scoring two tries.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bath, p109
- ^ a b Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
External links
[edit]- William Renwick at ESPNscrum
- CWGC entry
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