Bill Black (rugby union)

Scotland international rugby union player (1928–2019)

Rugby player

Bill Black

Birth name| William Pollok Black

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Date of birth| (1928-02-19)19 February 1928
Place of birth| Rutherglen, Scotland
Date of death| 9 May 2019(2019-05-09) (aged 91)
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Prop

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Amateur team(s)
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
-|  Glasgow HSFP|  |  ()
Provincial / State sides
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
|  Glasgow District|  |  ()
International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1948-51|  Scotland|  5|  (0)

Bill Black (19 February 1928 – 9 May 2019) was a Scotland international rugby union player who played at prop.[1]

## Rugby union career

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### Amateur career

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Black played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]

### Provincial career

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Black played for Glasgow District.[3]

### International career

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He was capped a total of five times for the Scotland international team.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "William Pollok Black". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
3. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 - via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bill Black - Test matches". En.espn.com.

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
2. Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
4. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)