Bob Grieve (rugby union)
{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = Robert George Moir Grieve
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|02|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = St Boswells, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|08|13|1911|02|01|df=yes}}
| death_place = Chiltern District, England
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| ru_position = Prop
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| amatteam1 = Kelso
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| provinceyears1 = 1936
| provinceyears2 = 1938
| provinceyears3 = 1938
| province1 = South of Scotland District
| province2 = Scotland Possibles
| province3 = Scotland Probables
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| repteam1 = Scotland
| repyears1 = 1935-36
| repcaps1 = 7
| reppoints1 = 0
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Bob Grieve (1 February 1911 - 13 August 2000) was a Scotland international rugby union player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/4254.html|title=Robert George Moir Grieve|website=ESPN scrum}}
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
=Provincial career=
He played for South of Scotland District against North of Scotland District on 21 November 1936.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19361123/329/0004|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive|accessdate=22 October 2021}}
He was due to play for the South of Scotland District against the combined North of Scotland side on 20 November 1937 but he had to withdraw due to an ankle injury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19371119/181/0011|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He impressed the selectors in the first half and then turned out for the Probables in the second half.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
=International career=
He was capped seven times for Scotland, between 1935 and 1936.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/4254.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Bob Grieve - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}
Although not Kelso's first Scotland international, when Grieve was first capped in 1935 along with his teammate Gordon Cottington, this was the first time that Kelso provided 2 players in the same Scotland squad.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kelsorfc.co.uk/about-us |title=About Us |work=Kelso RFC |access-date=2021-01-03 |archive-date=2020-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125052545/https://www.kelsorfc.co.uk/about-us |url-status=dead }}
=Administrative career=
After his playing career ended he became a selector for the South of Scotland District. He was deemed one of the 'big five' South selectors: along with A. Bowie (Hawick), J. D. H. Hastie (Melrose), T. Henderson (Selkirk) and G. Wood (Gala).{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000470/19550906/201/0008|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
He also was a selector for Kelso.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002784/19520730/087/0006|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Business career
Grieve was a building contractor. He hit the headlines of the Jedburgh Gazette on 1 April 1938 for non-rugby reasons when he paid the fine of one of his employees, George Scott, after Scott had a drunken feud with his own brother and he was arrested for breach of the peace. Grieve was dubbed a 'good samaritan'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002162/19380401/047/0003|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
He made the Hawick Express of 17 January 1951 for rather more unfortunate reasons when they reported that Grieve was in a car-crash at St. Boswells the week before, and that he ended up in hospital as a result.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002784/19510117/091/0006|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
References
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Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Scotland Possibles players
Category:Scotland Probables players
Category:South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
Category:Rugby union players from the Scottish Borders
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