Birth name | Robert. A. Howie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 June 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gorebridge, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 14 May 1992 | (aged 93)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Rugby union referee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Howie (11 June 1898 – 14 May 1992) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played for Kirkcaldy RFC. [1]
He played for Kirkcaldy RFC. [1]
Howie was capped by Midlands District. [2]
He was capped seven times as a prop forward for Scotland between 1924 and 1925. [3] and was selected for the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in four tests. [4]
He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1928. [5]
Bob Howie was the brother of Dave Howie, who also played for Kirkcaldy and gained seven national caps, but died in the First World War. [6]
Although he and his brother gained fourteen caps between them their father, a grim farmer, never watched them once, saying:
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