K. G. MacLeod
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Kenneth "Ken" Grant MacLeod (2 February 1888, New Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire - 7 March 1967, St James)[1] was a Scottish international rugby union player,[2] as well as a golfer, soccer player and cricketer.[3] He was capped ten times for Scotland between 1905-08.[4]
MacLeod was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010.[5]
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Career
He was only seventeen when first capped for Scotland against New Zealand, and was at Fettes College.[2] He then went to Cambridge University and played for their rugby team, winning nine more international caps at the time. He retired at twenty one at the urging of his father, because his two elder brothers had been seriously injured playing rugby.[2]
Allan Massie writes:
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Perhaps the most remarkable player to appear in the Edwardian Era was K.G. MacLeod... He was both famed for his running and his drop-kicking, scoring a remarkable try in the victory over the 1906 Springboks. It is perhaps a reflection of the way in which the forwards had become subordinate to the backs and reduced to the role of feeders that in the 1907 Calcutta Cup, MacLeod should have tried, and failed with, no less than six long-range drop-goals. How many international centres would have as many chances in a season, let alone a match? MacLeod retired before he had reached his full powers, but it is astonishing what he had achieved already.[2]
MacLeod's club was Cambridge University RFC.[4]
He was the brother of Lewis MacLeod who was also capped for Scotland.[4]
Other sports
MacLeod also played cricket for Lancashire,[3] and association football for Manchester City F.C..[3] He also later won the Amateur Golf Championship of Natal.[3]
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
- ↑ Scrum dot com profile
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Massie, p17
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Massie, p18
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bath, p137
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
See also
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