Colin Telfer
| Birth name | Colin McLeod Telfer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 February 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin McLeod Telfer (born 26 February 1947, in Hawick)[1] is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played at fly-half.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
He went to the Royal High School in Edinburgh, but did not go on to play for Royal HSFP.
He instead played for Hawick.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for South of Scotland District and captained the side.[3]
International career[edit]
He was capped seventeen times for Scotland between 1968 and 1976.[1][4]
Coaching career[edit]
He was Head Coach of Scotland in 1984.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c player profile at scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
- ^ Jones, p43,4
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Colin Telfer – Test matches".
Bibliography[edit]
- Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. ISBN 1-86200-013-1.
- Bath, Richard ed (2007). The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.
- Jones, J.R. (1976). Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football. Robert Hale, London, ISBN 0-7091-5394-5.
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Hawick RFC players
- Hawick Trades players
- People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
- Rugby union players from Hawick
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scotland national rugby union team coaches
- Scottish rugby union players
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs