Leslie Currie
| Full name | Leslie Robert Currie | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 November 1921 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 August 1983 (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||
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Leslie Robert Currie (25 November 1921 — 7 August 1983) was a Scottish international rugby union player.[1]
Currie, the son of a Dunfermline solicitor, attended Dunfermline High School and University of Edinburgh. He served in Italy and Greece with the Royal Engineers in World War II.[2]
A second-row forward, Currie gained eight Scotland caps between 1947 and 1949. His regular club was Dunfermline RFC and he also played varsity rugby during his tertiary studies in Edinburgh.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Facetious Angle To Rugby National". Edinburgh Evening News. 7 February 1948.
- ^ "Six New Caps In Scots XV". Dundee Courier. 12 November 1947.
- ^ "Rugby Nationalist Engaged". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 26 February 1949.
External links
[edit]- Leslie Currie at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1983 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Dunfermline RFC players
- Rugby union players from Dunfermline
- People educated at Dunfermline High School
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Royal Engineers soldiers
- British military personnel of World War II