William Gibson Biggart
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Scotland international rugby union player
Rugby player
| Born | (1918年08月27日)27 August 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Gibson Biggart (27 August 1918 – 13 February 1999) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a Centre.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit ]Amateur career
[edit ]Biggart played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career
[edit ]Biggart played for Glasgow District. He played in the 1938-39 Inter-city match against Edinburgh District.[2]
International career
[edit ]He was capped for Scotland during the Second World War in the Services international. Scotland made the decision to cap those games and Biggart was retrospectively given a cap. He made his debut for Scotland on 10 April 1943 playing against England at Leicester.[3]
Business career
[edit ]He was the former and founder chairman of Clyde Petroleum in 1973; and then was chairman of Wheway Watson.[4]
References
[edit ]- ↑ "Gibson Biggart". The Herald. 23 February 1999. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ↑ MacLennan, Stuart (15 August 2023). "Scottish Rugby to award retrospective international caps". Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19990303/241/0016 . Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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