Ian Smith (rugby union, born 1944)
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| Full name | Ian Sidney Gibson Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 June 1944 Dundee, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School | George Heriot's School | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Dentist | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Sidney Gibson Smith (born 16 June 1944) is a Scottish former international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Dundee, Smith was raised in Morningside, Edinburgh, and attended George Heriot's School. He would practise his kicking as a schoolboy with George Watson's College pupil Ian Robertson, later a Scotland teammate. A University of Edinburgh dentistry graduate, Smith competed in the varsity first XV and also played rugby in the services. He was a captain in the Royal Army Dental Corps, at one point stationed in Germany.[2]
Smith, a fullback, gained his first Scotland call up out of the London Scottish thirds, having come to the attention of selectors playing for Combined Services.[3] On debut at Murrayfield in 1969, Smith scored all of his team's points in a 6–3 win over the Springboks, including the match-winning try with five minutes remaining, set up by childhood friend Robertson.[4] He played in Scotland's 1970 Calcutta Cup win over England and finished his two years in the team with eight caps.[5] In 1972, Smith turned out at the Asian Championships with Hong Kong, where he had been posted.[6]