Jock Steven
{{Short description|Scottish rugby union player (1935–2020)}}
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| birth_name = John Brown Steven
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|05|10}}
| birth_place = St Andrews, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|04|06|1935|05|10}}
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| ru_position = Flanker
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| amatteam1 = Madras College FP
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| provinceyears1 = 1964
| province1 = North of Scotland District
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| repteam1 = Barbarians
| repyears1 = 1962
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| coachteams1 = Madras College FP
| coachteams2 = North of Scotland District
| coachteams3 = Scotland U18
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| school = Madras College
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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 1994
| predecessor = Robin Charters
| successor = Ken Smith
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| order = 107th
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John Brown Steven (10 May 1935 – 6 April 2020), known as Jock Steven, was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 107th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 |date= |website=Scottish Rugby |access-date=12 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 }}
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
Steven was educated at Madras College and played rugby union for the school team. His family farmed at Dunino on the East Neuk of Fife.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/rugby/1247857/tributes-paid-to-madras-rugby-stalwart-and-former-sru-president-jock-steven/|title = Tributes paid to Madras rugby stalwart and former SRU president Jock Steven who has died aged 84}}
On leaving school, he played for Madras College FP and captained the side in 1958-59 season and 1961-62 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/jock-steven|title = Jock Steven}}
=Provincial career=
Steven represented the combined North of Scotland District side in their 1964 match against New Zealand.
=International career=
Steven's closest time to being capped for Scotland was when he was an unused travelling reserve for the international side in a Five Nations match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-edition/20200407/282243782708287|title=|via=PressReader|accessdate=25 November 2023}} He was not used.
=Coaching career=
He coached Madras College FP and the combined North of Scotland District side. He later coached the Scotland U18 team.
=Administrative career=
Steven was the Madras College FP president from 1970 to 1975.
He joined the SRU as Midlands District representative in 1976.
He was tour manager of the Scotland Development XV in their 1988 tour of Zimbabwe.
Steven became the 107th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1993 to 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19800126/243/0022|title =The British Newspaper Archive}} {{dead link|date=November 2023}}
Family
Steven had 3 brothers:- Bill, Alan and Robert. In one memorable game in 1957 all 4 brothers, including Jock, made the Madras College FP first XV.