Birth name | Ian William Forsyth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 July 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Daniel Stewart's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Anne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian William Forsyth (born 4 July 1946) is a Scottish former rugby union player who won six international caps for the Scotland national rugby union team. He played at Centre.
Ian Forsyth was born on 4 July 1946 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] He was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and played for the school XV from 1962 to 1964, captaining the 1st XV in his last year. [2]
Forsyth made 376 appearances for Stewart's College FP and Stewart's Melville FP 1st XV, scoring 537 points including 123 tries. [2]
He played for Edinburgh District 37 times from 1970 to 1980, scoring 14 tries and also represented the Combined Edinburgh & Glasgow Cities XV against the touring Argentinians and New Zealand All Blacks. He also played for the Co-optimists and the Barbarians [2]
Forsyth's debut for Scotland was against New Zealand at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on 16 December 1972. [3] He played all four matches in the 1973 Five Nations Championship. He scored a try in Scotland's home victory against Ireland. [4]
His last appearance for Scotland was against the President's XV at Murrayfield on 31 March 1973. [5]
He was also an accomplished sevens player [6] and by 1980 had winners medals from all the tournaments held in the Borders including of course the prestigious Melrose tournament. [2] He also played for the Co-optimists (Scotland's representatives) at the Hong Kong sevens in 1981.
He was Secretary of Stewart's Melville FP RFC from 1983 - 1988 and President in Seasons 1990/91 and 1991/92. He briefly served as a selector for the Edinburgh XV before becoming a selector for the Scotland "A" XV from 1996 to 2003.
Birth name | Ian William Forsyth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 4 July 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Daniel Stewart's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Anne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian William Forsyth (born 4 July 1946) is a Scottish former rugby union player who won six international caps for the Scotland national rugby union team. He played at Centre.
Ian Forsyth was born on 4 July 1946 in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] He was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and played for the school XV from 1962 to 1964, captaining the 1st XV in his last year. [2]
Forsyth made 376 appearances for Stewart's College FP and Stewart's Melville FP 1st XV, scoring 537 points including 123 tries. [2]
He played for Edinburgh District 37 times from 1970 to 1980, scoring 14 tries and also represented the Combined Edinburgh & Glasgow Cities XV against the touring Argentinians and New Zealand All Blacks. He also played for the Co-optimists and the Barbarians [2]
Forsyth's debut for Scotland was against New Zealand at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on 16 December 1972. [3] He played all four matches in the 1973 Five Nations Championship. He scored a try in Scotland's home victory against Ireland. [4]
His last appearance for Scotland was against the President's XV at Murrayfield on 31 March 1973. [5]
He was also an accomplished sevens player [6] and by 1980 had winners medals from all the tournaments held in the Borders including of course the prestigious Melrose tournament. [2] He also played for the Co-optimists (Scotland's representatives) at the Hong Kong sevens in 1981.
He was Secretary of Stewart's Melville FP RFC from 1983 - 1988 and President in Seasons 1990/91 and 1991/92. He briefly served as a selector for the Edinburgh XV before becoming a selector for the Scotland "A" XV from 1996 to 2003.