Max Simmers

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

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

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| birth_name = William Maxwell Simmers

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1904|08|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age |1972|11|14|1904|08|07|df=y}}

| death_place = Helensburgh, Scotland

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| ru_position = Centre/Wing

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| amatteam1 = Glasgow Academicals

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| ru_province1 = Glasgow District

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| ru_province2 = Scotland Probables

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| repteam1 = Scotland

| repyears1 = 1926–32

| repcaps1 = 28

| reppoints1 = 18

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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union

| term_start = 1956

| term_end = 1957

| predecessor = Robert Meldrum

| successor = Bob Hogg

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| order = 70th

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William Maxwell Simmers (7 August 1904 in Glasgow – 14 November 1972 in Helensburgh)[http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/3315.html player profile] on scrum.com. Retrieved 15 February 2010 was a Scottish rugby union player.Bath, p139 He was often referred to as "Max" and/or "Bill". He was the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

He played for Glasgow Academicals.{{cite web| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QKFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=faUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3939%2C1025367| title = The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search}}

=Provincial career=

He was capped for Glasgow District.

He played for Scotland Probables on 19 December 1931.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19311221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

=International career=

He was capped twenty eight times between 1926 and 1932 for {{nrut|Scotland}}, scoring six tries.{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/3315.html|title = William Maxwell Simmers}}

=Administrative career=

He became the 70th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1956 to 1957.{{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}}

Family

He was the father of Brian Simmers, who was also capped for Scotland.

He married the English tennis player Gwen Sterry on 9 July 1932 at St Mark's Church, Surbiton.{{cite news |title=A Tennis-rugby Alliance Miss Sterry Marries Mr. Simmers |work=The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News |date=16 July 1932 |accessdate=9 October 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001857/19320716/013/0007| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

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