Christy Elliot
| Birth name | Christopher Elliot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 February 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 September 2020 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Carlisle, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christy Elliot (24 February 1933 – 5 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
He played for Langholm.[1] During his time at Langholm, the club won the Scottish Unofficial Championship in the 1958–59 season and the Border League in that same season, as well as the Langholm Sevens.[3]
Elliot won a further 5 Sevens winners medals on the Border Sevens Circuit: winning Kelso Sevens once, Gala Sevens twice, Selkirk Sevens once and Earlston Sevens once.[3]
He first played for Langholm as a 15-year-old in 1947, and last played for the club in 1972, 25 years later.[4]
He also played for the Barbarians 3 times.[3]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for South of Scotland District.[5]
He captained the Combined Scottish Districts side in 1965, playing against South Africa. The Districts side won 16–8.[3]
International career[edit]
He was capped for Scotland twelve times between 1958 and 1965.[1][6]
Military career[edit]
He did his national service in Korea with the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[3]
Business career[edit]
He became a tweed manager with Arthur Bell & Sons in Langholm.[3]
Family[edit]
His brother Tom Elliot was also capped for Scotland.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Bath, p138
- ^ "Christopher Elliot". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Christy Elliot". Scottish Rugby Union.
- ^ Nixon, Jack (10 September 2020). "Tribute to Langholm stalwart and Scotland internationalist Christie Elliot". The Offside Line.
- ^ John Downie (25 October 1962). "South's Narrow Victory Against Glasgow". The Herald. Glasgow.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Christy Elliot - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)