Leslie Gracie
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| Full name | Archibald Leslie Gracie | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 October 1896 Colombo, Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 August 1982 (aged 85) Northampton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Eltham College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Jesus College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Lieutenant colonel Archibald Leslie Gracie (15 October 1896 — 2 August 1982) was a British Army officer and Scotland international rugby union player of the 1920s.
Gracie was born in Colombo, Ceylon. His father, a missionary from Ayrshire, was in Ceylon as secretary to the British and Foreign Bible Society.[1] He attended Eltham College and Jesus College, Oxford. In World War I, Gracie was commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was awarded a Military Cross while serving on the Western Front.[2]
A centre, Gracie played rugby for Harlequins after being demobilised and gained 13 Scotland caps from 1921 to 1924, having previously declined an offer to be an England reserve.[3] He scored two tries for Scotland, including the match-winner against Wales at Cardiff in the 1923 Five Nations.[4]