William Renwick (rugby union)

William Renwick

Birth name	William Norman Renwick
Date of birth	(1914-11-29)29 November 1914
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	15 June 1944(1944-06-15) (aged 29)
Place of death	Bolsena, Italy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Edinburgh Wanderers () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - 1938 Edinburgh District Scotland Possibles () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1938-39 Scotland 2 (6)

William Norman Renwick (29 November 1914 – 15 June 1944) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who was killed in World War II at Bolsena.^[1][2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Wanderers and London Scottish FC.^[1]

Provincial career

He represented Edinburgh District.^[3]

He played for the Scotland Possibles side in their trial match against the Scotland Probables on 15 January 1938.^[4]

International career

He was capped twice for Scotland between 1938 and 1939, scoring two tries.^[1][2]

See also

• List of Scottish rugby union players killed in World War II

References

1. Bath, p109
2. Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
4. "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)

External links

• William Renwick at ESPNscrum
• CWGC entry