George Buchanan-Smith
| Birth name | George Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 July 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Buchanan-Smith (born 20 July 1964) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He represented Scotland from 1989 to 1990.[1]
Early life[edit]
George Buchanan-Smith was born in July 1964 in Edinburgh.[1] He attended Fettes College and later studied at Loughborough University.
His grandfather was Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno, a British soldier and prominent geneticist.
Rugby union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
He played for Loughborough Students before playing for London Scottish.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for the Scottish Exiles district side[3] as a Flanker.[4]
International career[edit]
He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play France 'B' in 1989.[5]
Buchanan-Smith made his international debut on 28 October 1989 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Fiji match.[1] Of the 2 matches he played for his national side he was never on the losing side.[1] He played his final match for Scotland on 10 November 1990 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs Argentina match.[1]
Later life[edit]
George Buchanan-Smith went on to become franchisee and operator of three McDonald's restaurants in Dunfermline, Scotland.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f George Buchanan-Smith Profile on scrum.com
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "George Adam Edward Buchanan-Smith". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19890220&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^ "Adam Buchanan Smith mentioned as franchisee in Dunfermline Press". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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