Brian Shillinglaw
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| Full name | Robert Brian Shillinglaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1939[1] Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 October 2007 (aged 68)[1] Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Brian Shillinglaw (1 July 1939 – 17 October 2007), also known by the
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
Shillinglaw represented Other Nationalities (RL) while at Wigan, he played scrum-half in the 2–19 defeat by St. Helens at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Wednesday 27 January 1965, to mark the switching-on of new floodlights.[6]
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 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £233,100 in 2016).[4][7]
Death
Shillinglaw died aged 68 in Borders General Hospital, Melrose, Scottish Borders.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Brian Shillinglaw". The Herald. Glasgow: Herald & Times Group. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ ISBN 1-905326-24-6.
- ^ "Army Rugby Union ~ International Caps". armyrugbyunion.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d "The code-jumper who left his heart in Gala". The Southern Reporter. Johnston Press. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ISBN 978-0951609828.
- ^ Cook, H.B. (1965). Programme - St. Helens versus Other Nationalities. St. Helens Rugby F.C. Ltd.
- ^ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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