Rugby player
| Birth name | Andrew Davidson Gill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1949-08-30) 30 August 1949 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drew Gill (born 30 August 1949) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Gala.
He was part of the Gala side that won the Border League in 1967, the first Gala side to do so since 1921.
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.
He played for Scotland Possibles in 1975.
International career
He was capped by Scotland 'B' against France 'B' in 1972.
His first full senior cap was against a Presidents XV to mark the SRU's centenary year in 1973. He played for Scotland a further four times, in the 1974 Five Nations Championship.
References
- "Andrew Davidson Gill". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "Gala's Border League-winning class of 67". Border Telegraph. 31 March 2017.
- ^ "David Ferguson: Gala ready to celebrate its magnificent sevens". www.scotsman.com.
- "Nostalgia: Gala seven triumph at 1970 Netherdale tournament". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19750111/119/0005.
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