Max Simmers
| Birth name | William Maxwell Simmers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 August 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 November 1972 (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Helensburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1956–1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Robert Meldrum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bob Hogg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Maxwell Simmers (7 August 1904 in Glasgow – 14 November 1972 in Helensburgh)[1] was a Scottish rugby union player.[2] He was often referred to as "Max"[2] and/or "Bill".[1] He was the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Glasgow Academicals.[3]
Provincial career
[edit]He was capped for Glasgow District.[3]
He played for Scotland Probables on 19 December 1931.[4]
International career
[edit]He was capped twenty eight times between 1926 and 1932 for Scotland,[2] scoring six tries.[1][2][5]
Administrative career
[edit]He became the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1956 to 1957.[6]
Family
[edit]He was the father of Brian Simmers, who was also capped for Scotland.[2]
He married the English tennis player Gwen Sterry on 9 July 1932 at St Mark's Church, Surbiton.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
- ^ a b c d e Bath, p139
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19311221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^ "William Maxwell Simmers".
- ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- ^ "A Tennis-rugby Alliance Miss Sterry Marries Mr. Simmers". The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 16 July 1932. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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