Ernie Michie
| Birth name | Ernest James Stewart Michie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 November 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest "Ernie" James Stewart Michie (born 7 November 1933 in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1] He played at Lock[2] and his nickname was "Fourteen".[1] He weighed 14 stone.[2]
Rugby Union Career
Amateur career
He also played for Aberdeen GSFP,[3] Langholm RFC,[2] and Aberdeen University.[2][3][4][5] His other clubs were London Scottish and the Army while in the Royal Engineers.[1]
Provincial career
He represented North of Scotland in the first year of the Scottish Inter-District Championship in season 1953-54.[6]
In subsequent seasons this combined North side (which previously contained Midlands District players) became formally known as North and Midlands in the championship. Michie also represented this side.[7]
International career
He was on the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa.[5]
He was also selected for Barbarians.[1]
References
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
- Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Football (Robert Hale, London, 1958)
- McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)