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Scotland international rugby union player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Keith Irvine Geddes (25 October 1918 – 30 March 1991)[1] was a Scottish rugby union player.[2]
Birth name | Keith Irvine Geddes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 October 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 30 March 1991 72) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Loretto School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geddes was educated at Loretto School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[3]
Geddes played for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in The Varsity Match in 1938 and served with No. 604 Squadron RAF in World War 2, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross.[4]
He was capped four times for Scotland in 1947[2] and captained Scotland in his first two matches, against France and Wales.[5] He also played for London Scottish FC.[2]
He was the son of Irvine Geddes, who was also capped for Scotland[2] and who also captained Scotland, in the Calcutta Cup match of 1908.[6]
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