Jock Lawrie

Jock Lawrie
	Jock Lawrie in 1925 magazine portrait
Birth name	John Ruthven Lawrie
Date of birth	11 September 1900
Place of birth	Melrose, Scottish Borders
Date of death	7 July 1981 (aged 80)
Place of death	Folkestone, England
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
; 1923–26	Melrose; Leicester Tigers;
International career
Years	Team
1922–24	Scotland

John Ruthven Lawrie (11 September 1900 – 7 July 1981)^[1] was a rugby union flanker who played 11 times for Scotland between 1922 and 1924. He played his club rugby for Leicester Tigers and Melrose.

Lawrie made his international debut for Scotland on 2 January 1922 against France at Colombes.^[2] In 1923 Lawrie transferred to Leicester making his debut on 1 September 1923 against Bath. On 2 February 1924 Lawrie played for Scotland against Wales and became the first non-English Leicester player selected for international duty.^[3]

Sources[edit]

Farmer,Stuart & Hands, David Tigers-Official History of Leicester Football Club (The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5)

References[edit]

^ "Jock Lawrie". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ "France (3) 3 - 3 (3) Scotland (FT)". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.

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[1] "Jock Lawrie". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[2] "France (3) 3 - 3 (3) Scotland (FT)". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

[3] Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.

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