| Birth name | Alan James Macgregor Lawson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 May 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Rory Lawson (son) Jim Thompson (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 123rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2012–2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ian McLauchlan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Donald Macleod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan James Macgregor Lawson (born 19 May 1948 in Kirkcaldy) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh Wanderers. Lawson stated: 'When I played in the 1970s, Jimmy Thain, the head groundsman, regularly let us play on the international pitch, telling us: The pitch also has to be match fit.'
Lawson played for Heriots.[1][2]
In the late 1970s he moved to London Scottish.[3]
Provincial career
He was capped by Edinburgh District.[4] Unusually, he was capped by Scotland before he was capped by a District side.[5]
When he moved to London Scottish he represented Anglo-Scots[6] and Middlesex County.[7]
International career
He played scrum-half for Scotland on 15 occasions between 1972 and 1980.[8] He made his test debut for Scotland against France at Murrayfield on 15 January 1972 and he played his last match for Scotland against Wales at Cardiff on 1 March 1980.
Administrative career
Lawson became the 123rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served a one-year term from 2012 to 2013.
Family
He is married to Linda, the daughter of rugby commentator Bill McLaren.[9] The couple have three children: Rory, who is also a Scotland rugby union international; Gregor, a Scotland 7s international and entrepreneur founding fancy dress company Morphsuits; and a daughter Lindsay.
References
- ↑ "Co-optimists to help Wanderers celebrate". 20 April 2018 – via PressReader.
- ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.ukviewer/bl/0000578/19791222/427/0015
- ↑ "Alan Lawson of London Scottish and the Scotland rugby union team on..." Getty Images. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ "BNA - 0000578/19791222/427/0015" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ ""We got a ticking-off from the SRU. It wasn't the done thing back then - only handshakes allowed" Calcutta Cup hero Alan Lawson overcelebrated at Murrayfield". 8 February 2020 – via PressReader.
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ "Print of Chris Ralston on the ball for Middlesex in 1975". Colorsport Photo Prints. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ "Alan Lawson - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ Campbell, Denis (3 March 2002). "Now and then...the voice of rugby". The Observer. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.