Adam Robson

Adam Robson (16 August 1928 – 15 March 2007) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He played as a flanker.[1]

Adam Robson

Birth name	Adam Robson
Date of birth	16 August 1928
Place of birth	Hawick, Scotland
Date of death	15 March 2007 (aged 78)
Place of death	Dollar, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1951 Edinburgh College of Art Hawick Linden Hawick () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1954 South of Scotland District () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1954-60 Scotland 22 (0)
97th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office 1983–1984
Preceded by	George Thomson
Succeeded by	Hamish Kemp

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He was playing for the Edinburgh College of Art. A relative Andrew Gordon suggested he play with Hawick Linden before trying to make the step up to Hawick.[2]

Robson then played for Hawick Linden and Hawick.[3]

Provincial career

He was capped by South of Scotland District in the 1954–55 Scottish Inter-District Championship.[4]

International career

He was capped twenty-two times for Scotland between 1954 and 1960.[1][5]

Administrative career

Robson served on the Barbarians committee for 20 years.[6]

He became the 97th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1983 to 1984.[7]

Outside of rugby union

He was a prolific artist selling more than 900 works; and also authored 3 books.[8]

References

1. player profile at scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
2. "Welcome to scotsman.com the best place for Scottish news and features | The Scotsman".
3. Jones, p 43, 4
4. "Handicapped City Team Put Up a Brave Show". Evening Times. 16 October 1954.
5. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Adam Robson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
6. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aZeWE-F94AQJ:https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/adam-robson-1-691609+&cd=16&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
7. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf
8. "Adam Robson". HeraldScotland.

Sources

• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1)
• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
• Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)