Bill McEwan (rugby union)
Appearance
Birth name | William Maclean Clark McEwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 October 1875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 4 April 1934 | (aged 58)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William McEwan (24 October 1875 – 4 April 1934) was a Scotland rugby football player.[1] On moving to South Africa, McEwan then also represented South Africa.[2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He also played for Edinburgh Academicals[when?].[1]
Provincial career
[edit]McEwan was capped for Edinburgh District.[3]
International career
[edit]He was capped sixteen times for Scotland between 1894 and 1900.[1] He was also capped for South Africa[when?].[4]
Family
[edit]He was the brother of Saxon McEwan, who was also capped for Scotland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bath, p137
- ^ "William Maclean Clark McEwan".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "William Maclean Clark McEwan". ESPNscrum.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
Categories:
- 1875 births
- 1934 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Rugby union forwards
- British emigrants to South Africa
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs