Malcolm Swan

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| birth_name = Malcolm William Swan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|12|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

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| position = Lock

| amatyears1 = 1957

| amatyears2 = 1958-

| amatteam1 = Oxford University

| amatteam2 = London Scottish

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| provinceyears1 = 1957

| provinceyears2 = 1957

| province1 = Whites Trial

| province2 = Scotland Probables

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| repteam1 = Scotland

| repyears1 = 1958-59

| repcaps1 = 8

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| school = Fettes College

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Malcolm Swan (born 4 December 1934) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/6209.html|title=Malcolm William Swan|website=ESPN scrum}}

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

He went to Fettes College and captained their 1st XV rugby side. He left the college at Christmas 1954.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19571230/296/0009|title=Register|url-access=subscription|accessdate=2023-09-27|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

He played for Oxford University, gaining his blue in 1957.The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.

He then moved on to London Scottish. He made his debut for Scottish against London Welsh in January 1958.{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003215/19580123/157/0009|title=Register|url-access=subscription|accessdate=2023-09-27|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

=Provincial career=

He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 14 December 1957.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19571216&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

He was said to impress in that match and that aided his selection for Scotland Probables in the final trial match against Scotland Possibles on 28 December 1957.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19571230&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}

=International career=

He was capped 8 times for Scotland between 1958–1959.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/6209.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Malcolm Swan - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}

References