Rugby player
| Birth name | Ernest James Stewart Michie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1933-11-07)7 November 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 November 2021(2021-11-13) (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest James Stewart Michie (7 November 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions. He played at Lock and his nickname was "Fourteen". He weighed 14 stone.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Michie also played for Aberdeen GSFP, Langholm RFC, and Aberdeen University. His other clubs were London Scottish and the Army while in the Royal Engineers and Highland Rugby Club. He played 10 games for Leicester Tigers in the 1957–58 season.
Provincial career
He represented North of Scotland in the first year of the Scottish Inter-District Championship in season 1953–54.
In subsequent seasons this combined North side (which previously contained Midlands District players) became formally known as North and Midlands in the championship. Michie also represented this side.
International career
Michie was on the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa. He was also selected for Barbarians.
Personal life
He died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 88.
References
- ^ Godwin, p282
- ^ McLaren, p81
- ^ Massie, p132
- Jones, p66
- ^ Bath, p118
- Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David (2014). Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- Obituary: Ernie Michie
- 1955 Lion Ernie Michie Dies Aged 88
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
- Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Football (Robert Hale, London, 1958)
- McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
| British Lions – 1955 South Africa tour | |
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| Coach | Manager: J. A. E. Siggins * Assistant Manager/Coach: D. E. Davies |
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- 1933 births
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- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Aberdeen
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
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- Aberdeen GSFP RFC players
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- People educated at Aberdeen Grammar School
- North of Scotland (combined side) players
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- Leicester Tigers players
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