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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| ru_position = Centre
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| amatteam1 = Glasgow Academicals
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| ru_provinceyears1 = 1937
| ru_province1 = Glasgow District
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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
| international = true
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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
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| 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=
=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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Category:Cricketers from Glasgow
Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
Category:Rugby union players from Glasgow
Category:Glasgow Academicals rugby union players