Angus Black

Angus Black
Black in New Zealand in 1950
Birth name Angus William Black
Date of birth (1925-05-06)6 May 1925
Date of death 14 February 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 92)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947–1950
1950		 Scotland
Lions		 8
2		 (0)
(0)

Angus William "Gus" Black (6 May 1925 – 14 February 2018) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1][2]

Black made his first international appearance on New Year's Day 1947 while studying medicine at Edinburgh University.[3] He also played for Edinburgh University,[2] and was on the 1950 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia where he played in two tests, playing in a 9–9 draw in Dunedin and a 0–8 loss in Christchurch.[2]

He also went on to play for Leicester and Bristol during his National Service and lived in Lundin Links in Fife. After moving into a care home in the 1990s, Black died in February 2018 and at the time of his death was the oldest living Lions player.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Wallance, Matt (20 February 2018) Obituary – Gus Black, Scotland and British Lion Rugby international. HeraldScotland. Retrieved on 11 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Bath, Richard (ed.) (2007) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany. Vision Sports Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-905326-24-6. p. 118
  3. 1 2 "Former British Lion Gus Black dies aged 92". Belfast Telegraph. 15 February 2018.


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