Alec Robertson (rugby union)

Alec Robertson (11 December 1877 – 28 October 1941) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Alec Robertson

Birth name	Alexander Weir Robertson
Date of birth	11 December 1877
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	28 October 1941 (aged 63)
Place of death	Gullane, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Watsonians Edinburgh Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1896 Edinburgh District () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1897 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Watsonians in 1896.[2]

Robertson played rugby union for Edinburgh Academicals in 1897.[3]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District in 1896.[2]

International career

Robertson was capped once by Scotland, in 1897.[4]

Outside of rugby union

He was one of the landed gentry with the family name of Robertson-Durham. He was a chartered accountant and Justice of the Peace.[5]

He died in 1941 and is buried in the graveyard of Dirleton Kirk.[6]

References

1. "Alexander Weir Robertson". ESPN scrum.
2. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
3. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Alec Robertson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
5. Walford, Edward (January 1, 1860). "The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland". Dalcassian Publishing Company – via Google Books.
6. "Alexander Weir Robertson-Durham (1877-1941) -..." www.findagrave.com.