Rugby player
| Birth name | Arthur Robert Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1949-12-10) 10 December 1949 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Galashiels, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Brown (born 10 December 1949) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Gala.
He was part of the Gala 7s side that won the Gala Sevens in 1969 beating Loughborough Colleges in the final; and in 1970, beating Llanelli in the final.
The Gala 7s side of Ken Oliver, Peter Brown, Johnny Brown, Dunc Paterson, Arthur Brown, John Frame and Drew Gill were a notable side. Nicknamed the magnificent seven the Gala 7s won 16 Sevens tournaments between 1970 and 1972.
Provincial career
He played for South of Scotland District.
International career
He was capped 5 times for Scotland.
His first two matches for Scotland were against England, in successive weeks. Scotland beat England twice over those 2 weeks; and it remains the only time that this has happened.
References
- "Arthur Robert Brown". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "David Ferguson: Gala ready to celebrate its magnificent sevens". www.scotsman.com.
- "Nostalgia: Gala seven triumph at 1970 Netherdale tournament". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Arthur Brown - Test matches". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- "Heavenly boot of PC laid the bogey". HeraldScotland.
External links
- Arthur Brown on Espn
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