Allan Roy
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13 May 1911
| Born | Allan Roy 13 May 1911 Ainsdale, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 16 April 2011 (aged 99) Ainsdale, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allan Roy (13 May 1911 – 16 April 2011) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Lock.[1]
Amateur career
Roy played for the Merseyside club Waterloo.[2]
Provincial career
He was supposed to play for the Scotland Possibles in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the Possibles side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.[3]
International career
Described as: “A great bear of a man”, the 6 ft 4ins second row forward won six international caps.[4] The caps came in 1938, when Scotland won the Triple Crown, and 1939.[5]
Military career
During the second world war Roy joined the Territorial Army in the Liverpool Scottish, then enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders. In 1943 his regiment went to Burma. Roy later joined the Burma Star Association.[6]
