Steven Wright (rugby union)
| Full name | Steven Terence Howard Wright | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 February 1927 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 July 1965 (aged 38) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Stewart's College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||
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Steven Terence Howard Wright (14 February 1927 — 1 July 1965) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Wright attended Stewart's College in Edinburgh, where in addition to playing rugby he captained the cricket XI. He was dux of the school in 1945 and pursued further studies at the University of Edinburgh.[1]
A Stewart's College FP prop, Wright was capped for Scotland in a 1949 Calcutta Cup match against England at Twickenham, replacing an injured Hamish Dawson in the front-row.[2]
Wright played for English club Cheltenham during the 1950s.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Stewart's (F.P.) Forward Tradition". The Scotsman. 16 March 1949.
- ^ "Stewart's Forward Comes In". Edinburgh Evening News. 15 March 1949.
- ^ "In Scottish Trial". Gloucestershire Echo. 6 December 1950.
External links
[edit]- Steven Wright at ESPNscrum