Kenny Logan
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Kenny McKerrow Logan (born 3 April 1972 in Stirling, Scotland) is a rugby union footballer who plays wing for London Scottish and formerly Scotland.
As a schoolboy Logan had Football trials as a goalkeeper for Dundee United and Hearts. He left school at 16 and began his rugby career with Stirling County, making his senior debut at 17. He gained his first cap for Scotland in 1992 against Australia. For the first professional season of 1996/97 he joined Wasps, where he spent seven years. In the summer of 2004, he signed for Glasgow and in September 2005 made his debut for London Scottish.
Having won 70 caps over 13 years, he retired from international rugby union after the 2003 World Cup.
Despite being a successful goalkicker for London Wasps, Logan's international goal kicking record is much poorer; probably due to the pressures of the international arena.
Kenny and his wife Gabby Logan took part in the fifth series of the BBC celebrity dancing programme Strictly Come Dancing Kenny was partnered with Ola and Gabby was partnered with James Jordan. Both Gabby and Kenny, and Ola and James are married. Despite poor dances and low scores Kenny managed to last till Week 9 coming fifth. Gabby was eliminated, coming 12th.
Kenny will be participating in the 2009 Drambuie Pursuit which will include a team of competition winners pitted against a team captained by ex-England rugby union internationalist, Lawrence Dallaglio.
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[edit] Personal life
Logan dated newsreader Kirsty Young for three years, before marrying TV presenter Gabby Logan.[1] The couple live in London, and after undergoing IVF treatment, on 28 July, 2005 she gave birth to twins.[2] Reuben McKerrow was born at 11.40pm; Lois Maya was born 12 minutes later. McKerrow is the maiden name of Kenny's mother Elizabeth.
Logan suffered from a severe form of dyslexia but claimed to have received successful treatment for it from the recently-collapsed Dore Program.[3] Dore paid Logan for some of his promotional work [4] and Logan is now a non-executive director of Dore's holding company and helps builds contacts in the sporting community.[5] These facts weren't always made clear in interviews where he endorsed this controversial treatment programme.[4]
Kenny and his wife Gabby are currently co-presidents of the children's charity Sparks[6]
[edit] Logan's Challenge
In 2009 Kenny and Sparks charity joined forces to organise an annual mass-participation event entitled Logan's Challenge – the ‘People’s Pentathlon.’ The community challenge, which takes place across the nation begins in autumn 2009.[7]
[edit] References
- Logan, Kenny Just for Kicks: The Autobiography (ISBN 0755319699)
- ^ Vallely, Paul (2006-07-01), "Kirsty Young: Island queen", The Independent, http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article1151987.ece, retrieved 2007-10-21
- ^ Tweedie, Katrina (2005-11-09), "Our First Family Christmas: Kenny and Gabby Logan", Daily Record, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tm_objectid=16347920&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=our-first-family-christmas--kenny-and-gabby-logan-name_page.html
- ^ Logan, Kenny (2005-10-13), "How I tackled 30 years of secret shame" ([dead link] – Scholar search), The Times, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article578354.ece
- ^ a b Goldacre, Ben (24 May 2008). "How to market a miracle cure". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/24/1. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ^ Camden Holdings - The Dore Holding Company, http://www.myomancy.com/2008/05/camden-holdings-the-dore-holding-company, retrieved 2008-05-24
- ^ Template:Cite web Sparks Official Website
- ^ Template:Cite web Sparks Official Website
[edit] External links
- Wasps profile
- Planet Rugby entry for Kenny Logan
- Sporting Heroes entry for Kenny Logan
- Logan to end career against Scots - BBC Rugby
- Participant in Leading Works 'Sporting Legends Programme' - Leading Works Enjoy Making an Impact
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