Stuart Gallacher
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| Full name | Ian Stuart Gallacher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 1946 Llanelli, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 October 2014 (aged 68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Stuart Gallacher (22 May 1946 – 19 October 2014)[5] was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.[1][2][3]
Rugby union playing career
[edit | edit source]Born in Llanelli, Gallacher played for Felinfoel RFC and Llanelli RFC, as a lock. He joined Llanelli RFC in 1965 and played almost 200 games for the club.[5] At Llanelli RFC he won his only international cap for Wales, against France on 4 April 1970. He played at invitational level for Barbarian F.C.[5]
Rugby league playing career
[edit | edit source]In 1970, he joined Bradford Northern rugby league club, moving to Keighley in January 1975. He played as a second-row.[6] He won caps for Wales (RL) while at Keighley in 1975 against France and England, and in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, and France.[3]
Rugby union executive
[edit | edit source]He acted as chief executive of Llanelli RFC and Scarlets from 1996, before being appointed as chief executive of Regional Rugby Wales (RRW) in 2009. He stood down from the post in June 2014 because of poor health. He was also a member of the board of the European Rugby Cup.[5]
References
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- 1946 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century Welsh sportsmen
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Bradford Bulls players
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Felinfoel RFC players
- Keighley Cougars players
- Llanelli RFC players
- Rugby league players from Llanelli
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Llanelli
- Wales international rugby union players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Other Nationalities rugby league team players