Bob Steven
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| full_name = Robert Steven
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|02|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Newburn, Fife, Scotland
| death_date = 2014 (aged 77)
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| position = Prop
| repyears1 = 1962
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Robert Steven (19 February 1937 — 2014) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Born in Newburn, Fife, Steven attended Buckhaven High School and was a cousin of rugby administrator Jock Steven.{{cite news |title=The Final Trial Will Be A Real Test Of Ability |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19611225/295/0007 |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=25 December 1961}} He was one of five brothers to play rugby for Howe of Fife, which captained in 1959–60.{{cite news |title=Bob Stevens "Capped" |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002691/19620228/268/0009 |work=Leven Mail |date=28 February 1962}}
Steven gained a Scotland cap in a win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1962 Five Nations, deputising David Rollo in the front row.{{cite news |title=Rugby shock — Rollo is out |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003741/19620223/026/0026 |work=Daily Record |date=23 February 1962}} His selection came while an Edinburgh Wanderers player and he also spent time in England, representing Eastern Counties and Norfolk.{{cite web |title=RIP Robert Steven |url=https://www.rugbysearch.co.za/rip-robert-steven/ |website=www.rugbysearch.co.za |date=13 October 2014}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ESPNscrum|6672}}
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Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Eastern Counties RU players
Category:Edinburgh Wanderers players