Rugby player
| Birth name | William Pollok Black | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1928-02-19)19 February 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 May 2019(2019-05-09) (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Black (19 February 1928 – 9 May 2019) was a Scotland international rugby union player who played at prop.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Black played for Glasgow HSFP.
Provincial career
Black played for Glasgow District.
International career
He was capped a total of five times for the Scotland international team.
References
- "William Pollok Black". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bill Black - Test matches". En.espn.com.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3
- Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 ISBN 0-7091-5394-5)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)