About Derrick Grant
Lived 1938 – 2024 (aged 86). Derrick Grant was a British rugby union player.
Derrick Grant (19 April 1938 – 10 November 2024) was a international rugby union player and coach.
Biography Grant was born in Hawick, Scottish Borders on 19 April 1938. He was capped fourteen times as a flanker for between 1965 and 1968. He scored one try for Scotland. He was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand but did not play in any of the internationals.
Grant also played club rugby for Hawick RFC. He was Hawick's most successful ever coach in the 1970s and 1980s coaching Hawick to five division 1 championships in a row. He also coached the Scotland team during the 1980s.
His brother was another Scotland cap, Oliver Grant. Derrick Grant died on 10 November 2024, at the age of 86.
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Who was Derrick Grant?
Scottish rugby union footballer and coach
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Derrick Grant was born on 19 April 1938 in Hawick.
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Derrick Grant died on 10 November 2024.
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Derrick Grant was a rugby union player.
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Derrick Grant was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Derrick Grant. https://biography.guide/derrick-grant/
MLA: "Derrick Grant." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/derrick-grant/.
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