Date of birth | 20 October 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 October 1934 | (aged 65)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | George Watson's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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46th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1925–1926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Robert Campbell MacKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | James Aikman Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin Welsh (20 October 1869 – 21 October 1934)[2] was a Scottish sportsman who represented the Royal Caledonian Curling Club as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland in tennis[3] and played international rugby union for Scotland.[4]
He played for Watsonians.[5]
He played for Edinburgh District.[6] He also played for Cities District.[7]
He was capped four times for Scotland between 1895 and 1896.[8]
He was an international referee. He refereed the England versus Ireland match in 1902;[9] the Wales versus England match in 1903;[10] and the Ireland versus England match in 1905.[11]
He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship.[12][13][14]
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1925 to 1926.[15]
He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.