W. B. Young, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

W. B. Young

Scottish rugby union player

Date of Birth: 07-May-1916

Date of Death: 25-Apr-2013

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About W. B. Young

  • William Brewitt Young (7 May 1916 - 25 April 2013) was born in Ardrossan and was a Scottish and East African rugby football player.He was capped ten times for Scotland between 1937–48 and three times for East Africa between 1949-50.
  • Along with Maurice Daly of Ireland he is one of only two people to have been capped by a major rugby playing nation and by East Africa. Along with W.C.W.
  • Murdoch, he was one of only two Scottish players to be capped on either side of World War II, giving him one of the longest international careers on record.
  • John "Jack" Heaton and Thomas Arthur "Tommy" Kemp also achieved this feat for England.

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