Birth name | James Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 September 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | St Boswells, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 7 January 2003 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Johnston (17 September 1925 – 7 January 2003) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. Johnston played as a Lock. [1]
Johnston played for Melrose. [2]
Johnston led a South team to play against South Africa in 1951-52. [3]
He played in the first Scottish Inter-District Championship in season 1953-54. [4]
He was capped for Scotland 5 times between 1951 and 1952, with 4 caps in Five Nations matches. [5]
He founded Baxter Johnson Oils. [3]
Birth name | James Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 September 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | St Boswells, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 7 January 2003 | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Johnston (17 September 1925 – 7 January 2003) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer. Johnston played as a Lock. [1]
Johnston played for Melrose. [2]
Johnston led a South team to play against South Africa in 1951-52. [3]
He played in the first Scottish Inter-District Championship in season 1953-54. [4]
He was capped for Scotland 5 times between 1951 and 1952, with 4 caps in Five Nations matches. [5]
He founded Baxter Johnson Oils. [3]