Gibbie Abercrombie
| Born | James Gilbert Abercrombie 9 May 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 23 August 1992 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gibbie Abercrombie (9 May 1928 – 23 August 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Abercrombie played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[2]
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District against Northumberland on 27 September 1950.[4]
He played for the Blues Trial side against Whites Trial in 1950.[5]
International career
He was capped for Scotland 7 times in the period 1949-1950. He scored one try against England at Murrayfield in 1950, his last cap for Scotland.[6][7]
Medical career
After he graduated from Edinburgh University as a doctor, he moved to the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand where he became a G.P.[8]
References
- ↑ "James Gilbert Abercrombie". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ↑ "(title needed)" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Full Player List".
- ↑ "(title needed)" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Gibbie Abercrombie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "Scotland v England". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ Morrison, Lesley (1 March 2011). "Professor Ian Richardson". The British Journal of General Practice. 61 (584): 231. doi:10.3399/bjgp11X561438. PMC 3047335.