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Fletcher Buchanan

1889 – 1960

Rugby player

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About Fletcher Buchanan

Lived 1889 – 1960 (aged 70–71). Fletcher Buchanan was a rugby union player.

Fletcher Buchanan (23 December 1889 – 24 May 1960) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Centre.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Buchanan played for Kelvinside Academicals.

On studying at Oxford University he then played for Oxford University.

After studying at Oxford, he returned to Glasgow and played for Kelvinside Academicals once more. He captained the side.

The Scottish Referee, 20 November 1911, said this of Buchanan: one of the best three-quarters who played for Oxford last season has improved since he returned to the land of his birth, but it is a fact, and to-day the Kelvinside captain is one of the finest players behind the scrummage we have in Scotland. His displays in recent matches have shattered the opinion that he was only a fair weather sailor. He is more than that; he is a most excellent defensive player, besides being an aggressive artist of the premier type - Buchanan is a great exponent of the carrying game, and we hope this season to find him adorned with that emblem which only falls to the lot of a selected few.

Provincial career

He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Oxford University.

International career

He played for Scotland three times, selected in 1910 and 1911.

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Important facts

Born
1889, Glasgow
Birth century
Died
1960
Occupation

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Fletcher Buchanan's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Fletcher Buchanan?

rugby player

When was Fletcher Buchanan born?

Fletcher Buchanan was born in 1889 in Glasgow.

When did Fletcher Buchanan die?

Fletcher Buchanan died in 1960.

What was Fletcher Buchanan's occupation?

Fletcher Buchanan was a rugby union player.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Fletcher Buchanan

· Wikidata: Q103898926

· DBpedia: Fletcher Buchanan

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