Robert Gallie
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| name = Robert Gallie
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC|size=100%}}
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| full_name = Robert Arthur Gallie
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|01|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|05|25|1893|01|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
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| school = Glasgow Academy
Fettes College
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| relatives = George Gallie (son)
| position = Hooker
| repyears1 = 1920–21
| repteam1 = {{nrut|Scotland}}
| repcaps1 = 8
| reppoints1 = 0
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Robert Arthur Gallie (18 January 1893 — 25 May 1948) was a Scottish international rugby union player.{{cite news |title=Scotland's Search For Rugby "Stars" |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19211208/109/0006 |work=Dundee Courier |date=8 December 1921}}
Born in Glasgow, Gallie was educated at Glasgow Academy and later Fettes College, where received the "Challenge Clock" as the school's best all-round athlete. He played rugby for Glasgow Academicals.{{cite news |title=Death of Mr R. A. Gallie |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19480526/124/0004 |work=The Scotsman |date=26 May 1948}}
Gallie served with distinction as a captain in the 1st Glasgow Yeomanry during World War I. In 1918, Gallie was awarded both the Croix de Guerre and Military Cross. He was also mentioned in dispatches six times.{{cite web |title=Captain Robert Arthur Gallie. Queens Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry. |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C696381 |publisher=The National Archives}}
When rugby returned after the war, Gallie gained eight Scotland caps as a hooker, playing all matches of their 1920 and 1921 Five Nations campaigns, after which he disappeared from the scene.
Gallie had three sons, two of whom were killed in World War II, including rugby international George Gallie.
See also
References
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External links
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Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Glasgow
Category:Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
Category:People educated at the Glasgow Academy
Category:People educated at Fettes College
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry officers