Ron Glasgow

Ronnie Glasgow was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Ronnie Glasgow

Birth name	Ronald James Cunningham Glasgow
Date of birth	5 November 1930
Place of birth	Scotland
Notable relative(s)	Cammie Glasgow, son
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Jordanhill Gordonians Dunfermline Haddington () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - Glasgow District North and Midlands 6 21 () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1962-65 Scotland 10 (9)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Dunfermline,[1] and Gordonians, as well as Jordanhill and Haddington.

Allan Massie stated:

"It was his misfortune to play for unfashionable clubs: Jordanhill College, Gordonians and Dunfermline. I have no doubt that had he played for Hawick or Gala or one of the big city clubs he would have represented his country more often."[2]

Provincial career

He was to represent two district sides. He played 21 times for North and Midlands and 6 times for Glasgow District.[3]

International career

He was capped ten times between 1962-65 for Scotland.[1]

Allan Massie considers that:

"Ron Glasgow was the most under-capped Scottish forward, winning only ten caps between 1962 and 1965... Glasgow's performance at Cardiff [in 1962] alone should have ensured him of a long reign at open-side wing-forward.[2]

Glasgow's try was the first Scottish one in Cardiff for 27 years.[4]

Robin Lind (Harry?!) who played for Dunfermline and North and Midlands said "never, ever did I think my team would lose when Ron Glasgow played for us. And very seldom we did."[2]

Personal life

He was the father of Cammie Glasgow, who was also capped for Scotland.[1]

He was PE teacher at Dollar Academy and head of the school cadet force.[2]

References

1. Bath, p140
2. Massie, p187
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f-49AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zUgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3934%2C505030
4. McLaren, p122

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
2. McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
3. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)