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'''John Howard Wilson''' (born |
'''John Howard Wilson''' (born 3rd March 1930) is a former [[Scotland|Scottish]] and British sportsman who played international [[rugby union]] for [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]]. He also played representative rugby union for Edinburgh and the British Army. |
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==Early Life== |
==Early Life== |
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Howard was born at Boghall farm in the [[Pentland Hills]] in [[Midlothian]] on the 3rd |
Howard was born at Boghall farm in the [[Pentland Hills]] in [[Midlothian]] on the 3rd March 1930. His father was Professor Adam Stewart Brown Wilson, who managed the farm for the [[University of Edinburgh]] and his mother was Lilias Glendinning Wilson (nee Taylor). He was the second of four children and was educated at [[George Watsons College]] in Edinburgh. |
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==Rugby Career== |
==Rugby Career== |
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| Date of birth | 3 March 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
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John Howard Wilson (born 3rd March 1930) is a former Scottish and British sportsman who played international rugby union for Scotland. He also played representative rugby union for Edinburgh and the British Army.
Early Life
Howard was born at Boghall farm in the Pentland Hills in Midlothian on the 3rd March 1930. His father was Professor Adam Stewart Brown Wilson, who managed the farm for the University of Edinburgh and his mother was Lilias Glendinning Wilson (nee Taylor). He was the second of four children and was educated at George Watsons College in Edinburgh.
Rugby Career
He played for the George Watsons first xv whilst at school and during national service from 1947 to 1949 (based in Hameln, Germany) he played for the British Army. On returning to the UK he played representatively for Edinburgh in 1951 and 1952.
He was capped just once for the Scotland national rugby union team.[1] His only Test came against Ireland on the 28th of February at Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh in the 1953 Five Nations Championship.[2] On return to Scotland in 1958 he played for Watsonians and Howe of Fife.
Later Life
In 1955 Howard moved to Tanganyika to work as an Agriculturalist for the UK government. It was there he met his wife Shiela Mary Brooke, a nurse with whom he had two daughters and a son. Moving back to Scotland in 1958 he lived in Edinburgh and worked predominantly in agriculture. Howard lives at present in Elie, Fife.
References
- ^ "John Wilson". ESPN Scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland 1953". LOVE-RUGBY.com.
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