Jimmie Johnston
| Full 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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Jimmie Johnston (17 September 1925 – 7 January 2003) was a former Scotland international rugby union player. Johnston played as a Lock.[1]
Rugby career
Amateur career
Johnston played for Melrose.[2]
Provincial career
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]
International career
He was capped for Scotland 5 times between 1951 and 1952, with 4 caps in Five Nations matches.[5]
Business
He founded Baxter Johnson Oils.[3]
References
- ↑ "James Johnston".
- ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- 1 2 "Rugby mourns Jimmy Johnston".
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jimmie Johnston - Test matches".
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