Max Simmers
William Maxwell Simmers (7 August 1904, Glasgow - 14 November 1972, Helensburgh)[1] was a Scottish rugby union player.[2] He was often referred to as "Max"[2] and/or "Bill".[1]
He was capped twenty eight times between 1926-32 for Scotland,[2] scoring six tries.[1] He also played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
He was the father of Brian Simmers, who was also capped for Scotland.[2]
He married the English tennis player Gwen Sterry on 9 July 1932 at St Mark's Church, Surbiton.[3]
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ^ a b c player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
- ^ a b c d e Bath, p139
- ^ "A Tennis-rugby Alliance Miss Sterry Marries Mr. Simmers". The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 16 July 1932. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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