Jock King
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Birth name | John Hope Fairbairn King | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 September 1982 | (aged 57)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jock King (10 April 1925 – 8 September 1982) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. King played as a Hooker.[1]
Rugby union career
Amateur career
King won the unofficial Scottish championship and the Border League with Selkirk in 1952-53 season.[3]
Provincial career
International career
King was capped for Scotland 4 times from 1953 to 1954.[5]
Coaching career
King was to later coach the Selkirk Under 18 side.[6]
References
- ^ "John Hope Fairbairn King".
- ^ "MRS Jones – Your Boy's Done Well".
- ^ "Obituary: Jim 'Basher' Inglis, rugby internationalist".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock King - Test matches".
- ^ Connor, Jeff (9 September 2011). Giants Of Scottish Rugby. Random House. ISBN 9781780572888 – via Google Books.
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