George Macleod (rugby union)
| Birth name | George William Leslie Macleod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 May 1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Macleod was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2]
Provincial career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1 December 1877.
International career
[edit]He played twice for Scotland. His debut was the 4 March 1878 match against England at The Oval.[3]
He second and final cap was against Ireland in Glasgow on 18 February 1882.[4]
Family
[edit]He was born to Gordon Macleod and Mary Ramsay Leslie. He had two sisters: Mary Wilhelmina Louisa Macleod and Henrietta Preston Macleod. His mother Mary died when he was only three; his father Gordon died 12 years later.
References
[edit]- ^ "George William Leslie MacLeod". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "England v Scotland". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland". ESPN scrum.
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