Finlay Calder
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Finlay Calder | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | August 20 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Haddington, Scotland | ||
Nickname | Fin | ||
School | Daniel Stewart's College | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Flanker | ||
Clubs | |||
Stewart's Melville FP | |||
National team(s) | Caps | (points) | |
1986-1991 1989 |
Scotland British and Irish Lions |
34 3 |
(8) (0) |
Finlay ("Fin") Calder was a Scottish rugby player.
Born on August 20, 1957 at Haddington, East Lothian and educated at Daniel Stewart's College, Calder played at open side flanker and won 34 caps representing Scotland from 1986-91. He had the honour of captaining the British and Irish Lions in Australia in 1989. His last game was against New Zealand in the 1991 Rugby World Cup. He has two children.
His twin brother, Jim Calder, also represented Scotland and the Lions.
[edit] External links
- Finlay Calder - tribute by the Scotsman newspaper
- Finlay Calder - on the Sporting Heroes database
- Fin Calder's Lions - including nine Scottish players (Gary Armstrong, Craig Chalmers, Peter Dods, John Jeffrey, Gavin Hastings, Scott Hastings, David Sole, Derek White and Finlay Calder himself)
- Fin Calder looks back on the 1989 Lions tour to Australia