George Gallie
| Birth name | George Holmes Gallie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 September 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 January 1944 (aged 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Minturno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Holmes Gallie (17 September 1917 – 16 January 1944) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who played at prop.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
He played for Edinburgh Academicals RFC.[2][3]
Provincial career[edit]
He was capped for Edinburgh District.[3]
International career[edit]
He was capped once for Scotland in 1939.[2][4][5]
Death[edit]
Gallie, a major in the British Army, was killed in the Second World War at Minturno, Italy, during the First Battle of Monte Cassino in January 1944. He was serving with the 78th (Lowland) Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery at the time of his death.[2][4][6]
Family[edit]
He was the son of Capt Robert Arthur Gallie, M C, (1893-1948), who represented Scotland at hooker in 1920.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "George Holmes Gallie". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c Bath, p109
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ a b Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Gallie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ CWGC
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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