Brian Simmers
| Birth name | Brian Maxwell Simmers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 February 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Maxwell Simmers (born 26 February 1940, Glasgow) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Glasgow Academicals.[1]
Provincial career
[edit]He played for Glasgow District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship.
International career
[edit]He was capped seven times between 1967 and 1971 for Scotland.[1]
Family
[edit]He was the son of Bill "Max" Simmers, who was also capped for Scotland.[1] and tennis player Gwen Sterry. His grandmother was Charlotte Cooper who won five women's singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and two gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
References
[edit]- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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