Robin Welsh
| Born | 20 October 1869 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 21 October 1934 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | George Watson's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 46th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1925–1926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Robert Campbell MacKenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | James Aikman Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robin Welsh (20 October 1869 – 21 October 1934)[2] was a Scottish sportsman who represented the Royal Caledonian Curling Club as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland in tennis[3] and played international rugby union for Scotland.[4]
Rugby Union career
[edit | edit source]Amateur career
[edit | edit source]He played for Watsonians.[5]
Provincial career
[edit | edit source]He played for Edinburgh District.[6] He also played for Cities District.[7]
International career
[edit | edit source]He was capped four times for Scotland between 1895 and 1896.[8]
Referee career
[edit | edit source]He was an international referee. He refereed the England versus Ireland match in 1902;[9] the Wales versus England match in 1903;[10] and the Ireland versus England match in 1905.[11]
He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship.[12][13][14]
Administrative career
[edit | edit source]He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1925 to 1926.[15]
Curling career
[edit | edit source]He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team which won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Robin Welsh rugby profile Scrum.com
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External links
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- 1869 births
- 1934 deaths
- Scottish male curlers
- British male curlers
- Olympic curlers for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in curling
- Curlers at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Rugby union wings
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Curlers from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union referees
- Watsonian FC players
- Scottish male tennis players
- British male tennis players
- Scottish Unofficial Championship referees
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- Cities District players
- Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
- 19th-century Scottish sportsmen
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs
- Scottish Olympic medallist stubs
- Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- British curling biography stubs
- Scottish sportspeople stubs