Percy Friebe
| Born | John Percy Friebe 9 May 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 17 May 2019 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | High School of Glasgow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percy Friebe (born 9 May 1931) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Friebe played as a No. 8.[1]
Rugby union career
[edit | edit source]Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Friebe played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]
He also played for Worcester Warriors, Moseley and the RAF rugby union.[3]
Friebe scored the first ever try at Burnbrae when Glasgow HSFP opened West of Scotland's new ground in 1960.[3][4]
Provincial career
[edit | edit source]Friebe played for Glasgow District. He won the 1951-52 Inter-City against Edinburgh District.[5]
He played for Glasgow in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played in the 1953–54 Scottish Inter-District Championship and the 1954-55 championship.
He also played for the combined Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities' side against South Africa.[3]
International career
[edit | edit source]He was capped for Scotland once, in 1952, in the Five Nations match against England at Murrayfield.[6]
Administration
[edit | edit source]Friebe is the Honorary President of Glasgow High Kelvinside.[3][7]
References
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- 1931 births
- 2019 deaths
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players
- Glasgow HSFP players
- Birmingham Moseley Rugby players
- Royal Air Force rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Glasgow
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Worcester Warriors players
- Rugby union number eights