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Rugby player
William MacLeod
Birth nameWilliam MacKintosh MacLeod
Date of birth(1861-06-15)15 June 1861
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Date of death30 June 1931(1931-06-30) (aged 70)
Place of deathLondon, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Fettesian-Lorettonians ()
– Cambridge University ()
– Glasgow Academicals ()
– Edinburgh Wanderers ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886 Edinburgh District ()
1887 East of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1886 Scotland 2 (0)

William MacKintosh MacLeod (15 June 1861, Glasgow – 30 June 1931, Kensington, London) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He went to Fettes College in 1873.

He played for Fettesian-Lorettonians. He was the Secretary of the club in 1886.

He went to Trinity College and played rugby union for Cambridge University.

He came back to Edinburgh and studied at University of Edinburgh.

He turned out for Glasgow Academicals in 1885.

He then played for Edinburgh Wanderers.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 4 December 1886.

That same season, on 29 January 1887, he played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District.

International career

William was a rugby union forward who played twice for Scotland in the 1886 Home Nations Championship. He was on the winning side on both occasions.

Business career

He became the manager of a Fine Arts insurance company in Manchester. He also became the local chairman of the Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children there.

He practised as a stockbroker. He practised at Fielding, Son and Macleod; where he was a senior partner.

Family

He was the third and youngest son of The Very Rev. Norman MacLeod (1812-1872) and Catherine Ann MacLeod (née MacKintosh) (1824-1903), and the seventh of their eight children. Norman Macleod was minister of the Barony Church in Glasgow. One of his brothers was Sir John MacLeod MP. On 8 January 1902, he married Constance Helen Sellar (1859-1928). His wife, known as Eppie, predeceased him. She was the daughter of the Professor of Latin at Edinburgh University, William Young Sellar.

References

  1. ^ "William MacLeod, Scotland". BT Sport ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ^ "William MacKintosh MacLeod". macleodgenealogy.org. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. One source gives his middle name as Mackensie. MacKintosh seems more likely, because (1) that name appears on a genealogical website, and (2) it was his mother's maiden name. Another source, the Cambridge University register for Trinity College, gives his middle name as Macintosh.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  6. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  8. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. Orr, Brian J. (18 September 2015). Bones of Empire. Photographs by Maurice McIlwrick. Self-published ebook. p. 398. ISBN 9781291434828. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. "Register". Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. Sloan, John (2023). Andrew Lang: Writer, Folklorist, Democratic Intellect. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286687-5.
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