George Gallie

{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}

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George Holmes Gallie (17 September 1917 – 16 January 1944) was a Scotland international rugby union player, who played at prop.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/4689.html|title=George Holmes Gallie|website=ESPN scrum}}

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

He played for Edinburgh Academicals RFC.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n0VAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4002,574414|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

=Provincial career=

He was capped for Edinburgh District.

=International career=

He was capped once for {{nrut|Scotland}} in 1939.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/4689.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - George Gallie - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}

Death

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.Bath, p109Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010[https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2634315/george-holmes-gallie/ CWGC]

Family

He was the son of Capt Robert Arthur Gallie, MC, (1893-1948), who represented Scotland at hooker in 1920 and 1921.

See also

References

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  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})
  2. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; {{ISBN|0-904919-84-6}})

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Category:1917 births

Category:1944 deaths

Category:Scottish rugby union players

Category:Scotland international rugby union players

Category:Rugby union players from Edinburgh

Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy

Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II

Category:Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players

Category:Edinburgh District (rugby union) players

Category:Royal Artillery officers

Category:Military personnel from Edinburgh

Category:Rugby union props

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