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Frank Fasson

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Frank Fasson
Birth nameFrancis Hamilton Fasson
Date of birth(1877-09-21)21 September 1877
Place of birthPeebles, Scotland
Date of death23 October 1955(1955-10-23) (aged 78)
Place of deathJedburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Cambridge University
London Scottish
Edinburgh Wanderers
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Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Anglo-Scots ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1900-02 Scotland 5 (0)

Francis Hamilton (Frank) Fasson was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Half back.[1]

Life

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He was the son of Charles Hamilton Fasson MD, Superintendent of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, by his second wife, Margaret Sarah Robertson, who died when Frank was five.

He trained as a lawyer and in 1910 is listed as Francis H. Fasson WS living at 10 Murrayfield Drive in West Edinburgh.[2]

In the First World War he served as a Captain in the Scottish Horse regiment.

He died in Jedburgh on 23 October 1955.

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played for Cambridge University.[3]

He then played for London Scottish and Edinburgh Wanderers.

Provincial career

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Fasson played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898.[3]

International career

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He was capped 5 times for Scotland from 1900 to 1902.[4]

Family

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He married Lilias Clara Bruce and was father to Tony Fasson a hero of the Second World War.

References

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  1. ^ "Francis Hamilton Fasson". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ Edinburgh Post Office directory 1910
  3. ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000295/18981226/139/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Frank Fasson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.