Angus Black
British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player
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Angus William "Gus" Black (6 May 1925 – 14 February 2018) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1][2]
6 May 1925
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| Born | Angus William Black 6 May 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 14 February 2018 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Black played for Edinburgh University.[3]
He went on to play for Leicester and Bristol during his National Service.
He played for the Royal Air Force Rugby Union in 1954.[4]
Provincial career
Black was capped for Edinburgh District.[5]
He played for the Cities District side in their match against Australia in October 1947.[6]
He turned out for the Scotland Possibles side in 1947.[7]
International career
Black made his first international appearance on New Year's Day 1947 while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[8] He also played for Edinburgh University rugby team,[2] and was on the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia where he played in two tests, playing in a 9–9 draw in Dunedin and a 0–8 loss in Christchurch.[2]
Death
Black lived in Lundin Links in Fife. After moving into a care home in the 1990s, Black died in February 2018 and at the time of his death was the oldest living Lions player.[8]
