Donald Troup
| Full name | Donald Scott Troup | ||||||||||||||||
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| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Donald Scott Troup (1907 – 1973) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Troup was the son of forestry expert Robert Scott Troup. He attended Uppingham School and Dragon School, followed by the University of Oxford, where he was a rugby blue.[1]
A forward, Troup attended trials for Scotland and represented the British Lions on their 1927 tour to Argentina, playing in four fixtures including two of the matches against the Pumas.[2]
Troup was a colonial administrator in Tanganyika.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "#251 Donald Troup". British & Irish Lions.
- ^ "Oxford's All-Scottish Three-Quarter Line". Edinburgh Evening News. 6 December 1928.
- ^ Furse, Ralph Dolignon (1962). Aucuparius; Recollections of a Recruiting Officer. Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1973 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
- Rugby union forwards
- Oxford University RFC players
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- People educated at Uppingham School
- People educated at The Dragon School
- Scottish colonial officials
- British expatriates in Tanganyika (territory)