Kenny Logan

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| birth_name = Kenneth McKerrow Logan

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|4|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stirling, Scotland

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| ru_position = Wing

| ru_amateuryears = 1989–1997

| ru_amateurclubs = Stirling County

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| ru_nationalteam = Scotland

| ru_nationalyears = 1992–2003

| ru_nationalcaps = 70

| ru_nationalpoints = (220)

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| spouse = {{marriage|Gabby Yorath|2001}}

| children = 2 (including Reuben)

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Kenneth McKerrow Logan (born 3 April 1972) is a Scottish retired rugby union player who played wing for Stirling County RFC and Glasgow District at amateur level; Glasgow Warriors, Wasps RFC professional level; and Scotland at international level. He won three English Premierships Heineken Cup with Wasps RFC; and one Scottish Premiership title with Stirling County RFC in 1995, just before the game turned professional.

Early life

Logan was born on 3 April 1972 in Stirling, Scotland. As a schoolboy, Logan had football trials as a goalkeeper for Dundee United and Hearts. He left school at sixteen and began his rugby career with his hometown club Stirling County, making his senior debut at 17.{{cite web|title=Stirling County - History|url=http://www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk/history/|publisher=stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk|access-date=21 November 2012|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413092348/http://www.stirlingcounty-rfc.co.uk/history/|url-status=dead}}{{failed verification|date=February 2017}}

Club career

Logan played for the amateur provincial side Glasgow District. In 1996 the professional era began and the side became Glasgow Rugby. He played for the newly professional team in the three matches of the 1996–97 Scottish Inter-District Championship as well as 2 matches in that season's European Challenge Cup, the European Conference.

As the Full Back named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - Logan has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 15 for the provincial side.

In 1997, Logan joined Wasps for his first season in English rugby. Logan was with Wasps for seven seasons. Whilst at Wasps he helped them win the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 1999 and 2000; he was a replacement in the 1999 final but started and scored a try and a conversion in 2000.{{cite web |date=16 May 1999 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/344901.stm|title=Wasps win Cup at last |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Wasps deny Saints cup double |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/747419.stm|date=13 May 2000 |access-date=10 October 2019}} He also helped Wasps win the 2002–03 Premiership Final.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/2947768.stm |title=Wasps romp to title |publisher=BBC |date=31 May 2003 |access-date=6 February 2020}} In 2004, he re-signed for Glasgow before joining London Scottish after a season. He retired from playing in 2005.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/4467141.stm|title=Logan to end career against Scots |publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 April 2005}}

International career

Logan played for Scotland A.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-munro-a-power-in-scots-scrum-1565897.html |title=Rugby Union: Munro a power in Scots scrum |first=Bill |last=Leith |work=The Independent |date=29 December 1992 |access-date=11 February 2017}} Logan made his Scotland debut in 1992 against Australia at the age of 20. He was in and out of the side before cementing a position in the starting XV at the 1994 Five Nations Championship. He played in the 2003 World Cup. He won 70 caps over a 11-year period, scoring 20 tries in the process. He retired from international rugby union after the 2003 World Cup.

Personal life

Logan was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child and found solace in playing sports.{{cite news |title=Learning to read at 34 is Kenny Logan's best win |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 February 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/scotland/2291315/Learning-to-read-at-34-Kenny-Logans-best-win.html}} He attended Wallace High School but left without sitting for his final exams.{{cite news|title=My best teacher - Kenny Logan|first=Rob |last=Maul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827082715/http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6019868 |url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6019868|publisher=Times Educational Supplement|date=7 August 2009|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=27 August 2014|url-status=dead}}

Logan dated newsreader Kirsty Young and moved to London,{{cite news |access-date=11 February 2017 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/hot-news-kirstys-in-vogue-1145069.html |title=Hot news: Kirsty's in Vogue |first=Rob |last=Brown |work=The Independent |date=16 February 1998 }} before the couple separated in 1999 after three years.{{Cite news|last=Vallely |first=Paul |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kirsty-young-island-queen-6096622.html |access-date=12 February 2017 |title=Kirsty Young: Island queen |date=1 July 2006 }} In July 2001, he married television presenter Gabby Yorath.{{cite news |date=20 July 2001 |access-date=11 February 2017 |title=Logan's love match |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1448334.stm}}{{cite news |author=Conway, Juliet |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/gabby-logans-my-london-8206713.html |title=My London |work=Evening Standard magazine |date=12 October 2012 |access-date=13 October 2012|location=London}} After undergoing IVF treatment, the couple welcomed twins, a son (Reuben), and a daughter, who were born on 28 July 2005.{{Cite news|last=Tweedie |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tm_objectid=16347920&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=our-first-family-christmas--kenny-and-gabby-logan-name_page.html |title=Our First Family Christmas: Kenny and Gabby Logan |newspaper=Daily Record |date=9 November 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609234414/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tm_objectid%3D16347920%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D66633%26headline%3Dour-first-family-christmas--kenny-and-gabby-logan-name_page.html |archive-date=9 June 2011 |first=Katrina}}

Logan and his wife took part in the fifth series of the BBC celebrity dancing programme Strictly Come Dancing. Kenny was partnered with Ola and Gabby was partnered with James Jordan. Logan ended in 5th place. Gabby finished in 12th place.

Logan and his wife are past presidents of the children's charity Sparks.{{Cite web |title=Gabby Logan |url=https://www.speakerscorner.co.uk/awards-hosts-presenter/gabby-logan|website=Speakerscorner.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/kenny-logan-at-the-sparks-property-bang-held-at-the-royal-news-photo/144602045|title=Kenny Logan at the SPARKS Property Bang, held at the Royal Berkshire... |website=Getty Images}} In 2009, Logan and Sparks joined forces to organise an annual mass-participation event entitled Logan's Challenge.

In August 2014, Logan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.{{cite news |access-date=26 August 2014 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |date=7 August 2014 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}

Logan supports Rangers F.C.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rangers-celebrity-supporters-out-in-force-976295|title=Rangers' celebrity supporters out in force for UEFA Cup final |work=Daily Record|date=3 May 2008|access-date=3 May 2008|location=Glasgow|first=John|last=Ferguson}}

In 2022, Logan, at his wife's suggestion, had a Well Man health check that unexpectedly revealed he was in the very early stages of prostate cancer and the medical diagnosis recommendation was to remove his entire prostate to prevent the further spread of cancer. The operation was successful.{{cite podcast |work=The Midpoint |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/6At4oYr1fINDaFyYq7xY7w |title=Kenny Logan {{!}} The Prostate Episode |author=Gabby Logan |authorlink=Gabby Logan |date=7 September 2022 |via=Spotify }}{{Cite web |title=The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: E191: Gabby Logan Opens Up About Her Heartbreaking Past on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e191-gabby-logan-opens-up-about-her-heartbreaking-past/id1291423644?i=1000584456631 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.planetrugby.com/news/kenny-logan-scotland-legend-treated-for-prostate-cancer|first=Adam |title=Kenny Logan: Scotland legend treated for prostate cancer|last=Kyriacou|date=6 September 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gabby-logan-scotland-los-angeles-b2161379.html |title=Gabby Logan shares husband's 'emotional' prostate cancer diagnosis story|date=7 September 2022 |website=The Independent}}

Honours

Scottish Premiership: 1994–95
Anglo Welsh Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000
English Premiership: 1996−97, 2002−03,

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605084759/http://www.wasps.co.uk/PlayerDisplaySS.ink?skip=20&squadno=1410&season=02%2F03&seasonl=2002%2F2003&Playertype=P Wasps profile]
{{ESPNscrum|11239}}
[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=6798 Sporting Heroes entry for Kenny Logan]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQBNTrV1AkY Participant in Leading Works 'Sporting Legends Programme'] - Leading Works Enjoy Making an Impact

Category:1972 births

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Category:Glasgow Warriors players

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Category:Scottish rugby union players

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Category:London Scottish F.C. players

Category:Stirling County RFC players

Category:Scottish men's footballers

Category:Scotland international rugby union players

Category:Sportspeople with dyslexia

Category:Men's association football goalkeepers