William Maxwell Simmers (7 August 1904 in Glasgow – 14 November 1972 in Helensburgh)[1] was a Scottish rugby union player.[2] He was often referred to as "Max"[2] and/or "Bill".[1] He was the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Glasgow Academicals.[3]

Provincial career

He was capped for Glasgow District.[3]

International career

He was capped twenty eight times between 1926 and 1932 for Scotland,[2] scoring six tries.[1][2][4]

Administrative career

He became the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1956 to 1957.[5]

Family

He was the father of Brian Simmers, who was also capped for Scotland.[2]

He married the English tennis player Gwen Sterry on 9 July 1932 at St Mark's Church, Surbiton.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e Bath, p139
  3. ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ^ "William Maxwell Simmers".
  5. ^ "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
  6. ^ "A Tennis-rugby Alliance Miss Sterry Marries Mr. Simmers". The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 16 July 1932. Retrieved 9 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Simmers
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