George Crerar

{{short description|Scottish cricketer and rugby union player}}

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| birth_name = George Graham Crerar

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|10|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|12|06|1914|10|01|df=yes}}

| death_place = Worthing, England

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| amatteam1 = Glasgow Academicals

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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union

| term_start = 1969

| term_end = 1970

| predecessor = Bill Nicholson

| successor = Robert Wilson Shaw

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| order = 83rd

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| country = Scotland

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

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| club1 = Scotland

| year1 = 1947–1948

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 76

| bat avg1 = 19.00

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| top score1 = 36

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| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| date = 17 April

| year = 2020

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/scotland/content/player/25179.html Cricinfo

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George Crerar (1 October 1914 – 6 December 1986) was a Scotland international cricketer. He was also a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 83rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

He played for Glasgow Academicals.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19390214/274/0021|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

=Provincial career=

He played for Glasgow District in the 1937 inter-city match.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19371130/167/0006|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nD5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dVkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4012,1027530|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

=Administrative career=

He became the 83rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1969 to 1970.{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Data |publisher=s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-24 |archive-date=16 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Cricket career

Crerar played cricket for Glasgow Academicals.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19470615/088/0014|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}} He also represented the Scotland international side.

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