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Percy Friebe
Birth nameJohn Percy Friebe
Date of birth(1931-05-09)9 May 1931
Date of death17 May 2019(2019-05-17) (aged 88)
SchoolHigh School of Glasgow
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow HSFP ()
– Worcester Warriors ()
– Moseley ()
– RAFRU ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1952 Scotland 1 (0)

Percy Friebe (born 9 May 1931) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Friebe played as a No. 8.[1]

Rugby union career

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Amateur career

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Friebe played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]

He also played for Worcester Warriors, Moseley and the RAF rugby union.[3]

Friebe scored the first ever try at Burnbrae when Glasgow HSFP opened West of Scotland's new ground in 1960.[3][4]

Provincial career

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Friebe played for Glasgow District. He won the 1951-52 Inter-City against Edinburgh District.[5]

He played for Glasgow in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played in the 1953–54 Scottish Inter-District Championship and the 1954-55 championship.

He also played for the combined Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities' side against South Africa.[3]

International career

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He was capped for Scotland once, in 1952, in the Five Nations match against England at Murrayfield.[6]

Administration

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Friebe is the Honorary President of Glasgow High Kelvinside.[3][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Percy Friebe".
  2. ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. ^ a b c d "80 UP".
  4. ^ "Once upon a time in the West - News - Glasgow Hawks RFC".
  5. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Percy Friebe - Test matches".
  7. ^ "A Few Final Thoughts". 18 April 2015.
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