Rugby player
| Birth name | William Maxwell Simmers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1904-08-07)7 August 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 November 1972(1972-11-14) (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Helensburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1956–1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Robert Meldrum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bob Hogg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Maxwell Simmers (7 August 1904 in Glasgow – 14 November 1972 in Helensburgh) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was often referred to as "Max" and/or "Bill". He was the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Glasgow Academicals.
Provincial career
He was capped for Glasgow District.
International career
He was capped twenty eight times between 1926 and 1932 for Scotland, scoring six tries.
Administrative career
He became the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1956 to 1957.
Family
He was the father of Brian Simmers, who was also capped for Scotland.
He married the English tennis player Gwen Sterry on 9 July 1932 at St Mark's Church, Surbiton.
References
- ^ player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010
- ^ Bath, p139
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "William Maxwell Simmers".
- "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby.
- "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.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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