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Ronald James Cunningham Glasgow, OBE (5 November 1930 – 6 October 2024) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Ronald James Cunningham Glasgow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 November 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aberlady, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 October 2024 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Cammie Glasgow, son | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur career
Glasgow played for Dunfermline,[1] and Gordonians, as well as Jordanhill and Haddington.
Allan Massie stated:
- "It was his misfortune to play for unfashionable clubs: Jordanhill College, Gordonians and Dunfermline. I have no doubt that had he played for Hawick or Gala or one of the big city clubs he would have represented his country more often."[2]
Provincial career
Glasgow was to represent two district sides. He played 21 times for North and Midlands and 6 times for Glasgow District.[3]
International career
Glasgow was capped ten times between 1962 and 1965 for Scotland.[1]
Allan Massie considers that:
- "Ron Glasgow was the most under-capped Scottish forward, winning only ten caps between 1962 and 1965... Glasgow's performance at Cardiff [in 1962] alone should have ensured him of a long reign at open-side wing-forward.[2]
Glasgow's try was the first Scottish one in Cardiff for 27 years.[4]
Robin Lind (Harry?!) who played for Dunfermline and North and Midlands said "never, ever did I think my team would lose when Ron Glasgow played for us. And very seldom we did."[2]
Glasgow was born in Aberlady in 1930, and attended Knox Academy.[5] He served in the parachute platoon of the Scots Guards.[5] He was PE teacher at Dollar Academy and head of the school cadet force.[2] He was appointed OBE in the 1990 New Year Honours for his service with the Combined Cadet Force, in which he was a lieutenant colonel.[5]
In 1958, he married his first wife, Anette, who died in 1962, from complications encountered in childbirth and cerebral palsy, shortly after the birth of their son.[5] He then remarried, to Anne Fleming (died 1988), and they had twins, one of whom is Cammie Glasgow, who was also capped for Scotland.[1][5] Glasgow was a Presbyterian.[5]
Glasgow died in Dollar on 6 October 2024, at the age of 93.[5][6]
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