Hamish Kemp

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

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{{Use British English|date=September 2012}}

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| name = Hamish Kemp

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| birth_name = James William Young Kemp

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|02|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|06|05|1933|02|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Glasgow, Scotland

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| position = Lock

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| amatteam1 = Glasgow HSFP

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| province1 = Glasgow District

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| repteam1 = Scotland

| repyears1 = 1954-60

| repcaps1 = 27

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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union

| term_start = 1984

| term_end = 1985

| predecessor = Adam Robson

| successor = George Burrell

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| order = 98th

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James William Young Kemp, known as Hamish Kemp, (13 February 1933 in Glasgow – 5 June 2002 in Glasgow)[http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/5806.html player profile] at scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010 was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played at lock/second row.

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

He played for Glasgow HSFP.Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Union Football (Robert Hale, London, 1976 {{ISBN|0-7091-5394-5}}), p41

=Provincial career=

He played for Glasgow District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He won the title with Glasgow District in season 1955-56.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lGhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kpQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6284,4090007|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

=International career=

He was capped twenty seven times for {{nrut|Scotland}} between 1954–1960.

=Administrative career=

He became the 98th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1984 to 1985.{{cite web|url= https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf|title= Scottish Rugby|website= s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com|format= PDF|access-date= 11 April 2020|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}}

References

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  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}})

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Category:1933 births

Category:2002 deaths

Category:Scottish rugby union players

Category:Scotland international rugby union players

Category:Rugby union players from Glasgow

Category:Glasgow District (rugby union) players

Category:Glasgow HSFP players

Category:Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union

Category:Rugby union locks

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