Max Simmers

William Maxwell Simmers (7 August 1904, Glasgow - 14 November 1972, Helensburgh)[1] was a Scottish rugby union player.[2] He was often referred to as "Max"[2] and/or "Bill".[1]

He was capped twenty eight times between 1926-32 for Scotland,[2] scoring six tries.[1] He also played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]

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.[3]

References

  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  1. 1 2 3 player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Bath, p139
  3. ↑ "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. (Subscription required (help)).


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