Angus Black

Angus William "Gus" Black (6 May 1925 – 14 February 2018) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1][2]

Angus Black

Black in New Zealand in 1950
Birth name	Angus William Black
Date of birth	6 May 1925
Date of death	14 February 2018 (aged 92)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Edinburgh University Leicester Tigers Bristol Bears () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - Edinburgh District Cities Scotland Possibles () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1947–1950 1950 Scotland British and Irish Lions 8 2 (0) (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Black played for Edinburgh University.[3]

He went on to play for Leicester and Bristol during his National Service.

Provincial career

Black was capped for Edinburgh District.[4]

He played for the Cities District side in their match against Australia in October 1947.[5]

He turned out for the Scotland Possibles side in 1947.[6]

International career

Black made his first international appearance on New Year's Day 1947 while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[7] He also played for Edinburgh University rugby team,[2] and was on the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia where he played in two tests, playing in a 9–9 draw in Dunedin and a 0–8 loss in Christchurch.[2]

Death

Black lived in Lundin Links in Fife. After moving into a care home in the 1990s, Black died in February 2018 and at the time of his death was the oldest living Lions player.[7]

References

1. Wallance, Matt (20 February 2018) Obituary – Gus Black, Scotland and British Lion Rugby international. HeraldScotland. Retrieved on 11 July 2018.
2. Bath, Richard (ed.) (2007) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905326-24-6. p. 118
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-WdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kJQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4765%2C5294810
4. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
5. "Wallabies' Display Was Best Of Tour". 17 October 1947. p. 10 – via Trove.
6. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
7. "Former British Lion Gus Black dies aged 92". Belfast Telegraph. 15 February 2018.