Jock Stewart (rugby union)
| Full name | John Livingstone Stewart | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 May 1894 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 August 1971 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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John Livingstone Stewart (6 May 1894 — 6 August 1971) was a Scottish international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Hawick, Stewart was the son of a minister and during his teenage years moved to Edinburgh.[2]
Stewart served as an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during World War I, suffering a gun shot wound to his shoulder in the Second Battle of Arras. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1918.[2]
A strongly-built forward, Stewart played his rugby for Edinburgh Academicals.[3] He was capped once for Scotland, appearing as wing-forward against Ireland at Lansdowne Road during the 1921 Five Nations tournament.[2]
Stewart was a veterinarian and lived for 26 years in Ghana through his work in the Colonial service. During this period he helped to vaccinate cattle to prevent an outbreak of the deadly rinderpest disease and was involved in assisting local farmers with cattle breeding. He lived the remainder of his life in South Africa.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby East and West". Daily Record. 28 December 1923.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Annie (10 November 2014). "Family pay tribute to WWI hero killed by sniper's bullet while saving an injured comrade". Daily Record.
- ^ "King May Return". Daily Record. 18 October 1923.
External links
[edit]- Jock Stewart at ESPNscrum
- 1894 births
- 1971 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Hawick
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- British expatriates in Ghana
- Scottish emigrants to South Africa