Eric Milroy
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| Full name | Eric MacLeod Milroy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 December 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 18 July 1916 (aged 28) | ||
| Place of death | Delville Wood, France | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Scrum-half | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| Watsonians RFC | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1910-1914 |  Scotland |
12 | (3) |
Eric "Puss" MacLeod Milroy (4 December 1887 – 18 July 1916) was a Scottish rugby union player who played club rugby for Watsonians and international rugby for Scotland.[1]
He was capped for Scotland between 1910-14[1] and was selected for the 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa.[2] In 1914, he captained Scotland.
Milroy was killed in Delville Wood, France in World War I, while serving with the Black Watch
See also
- List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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