Harry Lind
| Birth name | Harry Lind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | March 27, 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 December 1986 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Lind (27 March 1906 – 18 December 1986, Dunfermline[1]) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
His club was Dunfermline RFC.[2][3]
Provincial career
Lind represented the Midlands District.[4]
International career
He was capped 16 times for Scotland between 1928-36 at centre.[1][2][3]
In Scotland's Triple Crown win in 1933, when they beat Ireland 8-6 by two drop-goals (four points each in those days) to two tries (three points in those days), Lind contributed the winning goal:
- "Ireland were pressing on the Scottish line and leading by 6-4 when suddenly the Scottish forwards ignited a foot-rush from their own line to the Irish '25'. Davy was one who had to go in to try and stop the rush and when he got up, there was Harry Lind of Dunfermline slotting the winning drop-goal. 'It was some foot-rush', I remember that great Irishman saying, 'Forwards really could control the dribble in those days."[5]
Referee career
After his playing career, Lind became a rugby union referee.[6]
References
- ^ a b Player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
- ^ a b McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
- ^ a b Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football, p34
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000568/19261115/134/0007
- ^ McLaren, p83
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000449/19510829/082/0005
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
- Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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