Lewis Dick

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| birth_name = Lewis Gibson Dick

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|12|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Perth, Scotland{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/7874.html|title=Lewis Gibson Dick|website=ESPN scrum}}

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| ru_position = Wing

| repteam1 = Scotland 'B'

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| repyears1 = 1971

| repteam2 = Scotland

| repcaps2 = 14

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| repyears2 = 1972-77

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| amatteam1 = Loughborough Students

| amatteam2 = Jordanhill

| amatteam3 = Swansea

| amatteam4 = Gloucester

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| school = Morrison's Academy

| university = Loughborough University

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Lewis Dick (born 20 November 1950) is a former Scotland rugby union international player.

Early life

Lewis Dick was born on 20 December 1950 in Perth.

He attended Morrison's Academy, an independent school in Crieff, from 1963 to 1969.{{Cite web |url=http://www.morrisonsacademy.org/morrisonians/search/pp12?pupilsearch%5Bcountry_id%5D=&pupilsearch%5Bjob_title%5D=&pupilsearch%5Bname%5D=&pupilsearch%5Byear%5D=&pupilsearch%5Byear_type%5D=1 |title=Morrison's Academy |access-date=27 December 2016 |archive-date=20 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120024935/https://www.morrisonsacademy.org/former-pupils/search-for-fp/?pupilsearch%255Bcountry_id%255D=&pupilsearch%255Bjob_title%255D=&pupilsearch%255Bname%255D=&pupilsearch%255Byear%255D=&pupilsearch%255Byear_type%255D=1 |url-status=dead }}

He was talented at athletics was the Scottish Junior champion for the Triple Jump. He planned to try out for the Scotland team to make the 1970 Commonwealth Games in the event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002713/19690802/050/0008|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

While at Loughborough University, he played rugby union for Loughborough Students.

He played for Jordanhill.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19741024&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

He then played for Swansea.{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyofnewport.co.uk/games/games.php?id=003562|title=History of Newport RFC :: 1874 – 2013|website=www.historyofnewport.co.uk}}

He also played for Gloucester.{{cite web |url=https://d2eq6t2r9q1quu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/cms/9/901027.pdf |title=Gloucester v Nottinigham |date=2009 |website=}}

=Provincial career=

He was capped by Glasgow District. He was part of the Glasgow team that shared the Scottish Inter-District Championship title in 1974-75 season with North and Midlands.

He played for Scotland Probables in the trial match of 11 January 1975.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19750111/119/0005|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

While with Gloucester he then turned out for the Anglo-Scots.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19791108/459/0027|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

=International career=

He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play France 'B' in 1971.

Dick made his international debut on 5 February 1972 at Cardiff Arms Park in the Wales vs Scotland match.

Of the 14 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 6 occasions.

He played in the 'Water Polo test' – a Scotland match against the All Blacks in New Zealand in 1975 – that was so dubbed because of the terrible conditions that made the Eden Park match seem as if it was played in a swimming pool. New Zealand played the conditions better and handsomely won the match; but it was Dick's kick down the New Zealand end that summed up the match. Instead of creating Scotland pressure, the ball stuck in a puddle and gave Bryan Williams the time to collect the ball, then turn and build up speed and race down the other end of the pitch for a New Zealand try.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyworld.com/in-the-mag/60-years-of-rugby-world-greatest-tries-of-the-1970s-110639|title=60 Years of Rugby World: Greatest Tries of the 1970s|first=Rugby|last=The World|date=15 June 2020|website=Rugby World}}

He played his final match for Scotland on 15 January 1977 at Twickenham in the England vs Scotland match.

He played for the Barbarians in 1975, scoring tries in a match against Newport.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19750402/213/0022|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

=Administrative career=

He joined the SRU selection committee for Scotland Under 21s in 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19930629/645/0030|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}