Adam Austin

Adam Austin (1911–1970) is a former rugby union international referee who represented the Scottish Rugby Union. He was involved in many sports: rugby union, golf, curling and bowling, the most notable.

Rugby union career

Playing career

Amateur career

Austin went to Glasgow High School where he availed himself of many sports.

Austin played for Glasgow HSFP.

Referee career

Professional career

He refereed the Glasgow University Sevens tournament in 1947.

He refereed the first Scottish Inter-District Championship match in 1953. It was the Edinburgh District v South match on 30 September.

He became a selector on the Glasgow and District committee.

Curling career

He was President of Bellshill Curling Club from 1967–68.

Cricket career

He played cricket for Greenock Cricket Club.

Golf career

Noted as a golfer of some note,

Outside of sport

Austin moved to Motherwell in 1955.

Family

A plane crash on a German motorway made the headlines in 1968. A British Eagle Viscount airliner crashed onto an autobahn killing 48 people. Amongst the dead were Austin's son and daughter in law, Robin and Linda Austin, who were travelling through southern Germany.

Another son, Douglas, joined the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, as an accountant.