Norman Kennedy (rugby union)
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| Born | Norman Kennedy 17 March 1881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 1 April 1960 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | James Pagan, grandfather | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman Kennedy (17 March 1881 - 15 January 1960) was a Scotland international rugby union player[1]
Amateur career
He went to school at Rugby.[2]
He went to University College, Oxford. He played rugby union for Oxford University.[2]
Kennedy played for West of Scotland.[2]
Provincial career
He was capped by Glasgow District in 1902 playing in the match against Canada.[3]
He played for Cities District against Provinces District on 24 January 1903.[4]
International career
He was capped 3 times for the Scotland international side, all in 1903.[5]
Military career
Business career
Kennedy succeeded his father as a director of Robert Young Pickering co. in Wishaw. He remained a director until the Lithgow group was founded.[2]
He was a governing director of James Kennedy and Co. Ltd., a timber importers of Glasgow.[2] They had extensive interests in the United States and Canada.[6] The Head Office was 69 Buchanan Street in Glasgow, but they had branch offices in Bo'ness, Liverpool, London, and in Memphis, Tennessee.[7]
Through his timber importing connections, he was appointed as consul for Honduras in Glasgow.[6]
He became a director of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce in 1920 and in 1935 he was elected the President of the chamber.[6]
For a time, he was a director of George Outram and Co., the owners of the Glasgow Herald newspaper. He retired for health reasons in 1958.[6]
He became a director of the Bank of Scotland.[2]