Bill Black
Birth nameWilliam Pollok Black
Date of birth(1928-02-19)19 February 1928
Place of birthRutherglen, Scotland
Date of death9 May 2019(2019-05-09) (aged 91)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Glasgow HSFP ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1948-51 Scotland 5 (0)

Bill Black (19 February 1928 – 9 May 2019) was a Scotland international rugby union player who played at prop.[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Black played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]

Provincial career

Black played for Glasgow District.[3]

International career

He was capped a total of five times for the Scotland international team.[4]

References

  1. ^ "William Pollok Black". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bill Black - Test matches". En.espn.com.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
  3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
  4. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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