Brian Shillinglaw
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Brian Shillinglaw | |||||
| Nickname | Shill | |||||
| Born | 1 July 1939[1] Scotland | |||||
| Died | 17 October 2007 (aged 68)[1] Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Gala RFC | 65 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1960–61 | Scotland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1961–62 | Whitehaven | |||||
| 1962–65 | Wigan | 42 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Total | 42 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
| Source: ESPN | ||||||
Robert Brian Shillinglaw, nicknamed "Shill", (1 July 1939 – 17 October 2007) was a Scottish rugby union and rugby league player.[2] Shillinglaw served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[3]
Playing career
Rugby union
He was capped five times for Scotland in 1960-61.[2] He also played for Gala RFC,[2] for whom he played sixty five times, scoring fourteen tries.[4]
Rugby league
Shillinglaw transferred to Whitehaven in 1961.[2] He was then signed by Wigan in 1962 for a transfer fee of £5,500. He went on to score 25 tries in 42 appearances for Wigan.[5] Shillinglaw also played for Leigh.[4]
Personal life
Shillinglaw was a bricklayer by trade, and was offered the sum of £5,000 to defect to rugby league for Whitehaven in 1961.[4]
Death
Shillinglaw died in Borders General Hospital, aged 68.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Brian Shillinglaw". Herald Scotland. Herald & Times Group. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Bath, Richard (2007). The Scotland rugby miscellany. London: VSP. p. 88. ISBN 1-905326-24-6.
- ↑ "Army Rugby Union ~ International Caps". armyrugbyunion.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "The code-jumper who left his heart in Gala". The Southern Reporter. Johnston Press. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ↑ Latham, Michael; Gate, Robert (1992). They played for Wigan. Adlington: Mike R.L. p. 24. ISBN 978-0951609828.
External links
- Profile on ESPN
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