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'''Christy Elliot''' (24 February 1933 – 5 September 2020) was a [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] international [[rugby union]] player.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p138</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/6244.html|title=Christopher Elliot|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
'''Christy Elliot''' (24 February 1933 – 5 September 2020) was a [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] international [[rugby union]] player.<ref name=Bath1>Bath, p138</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/6244.html|title=Christopher Elliot|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 1 June 2024

Not to be confused with Christy Elliott or Christie Elliott.
For other people with similar names, see Christopher Elliott.

Christy Elliot
Birth nameChristopher Elliot
Date of birth(1933-02-24)24 February 1933
Place of birthLangholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Date of death5 September 2020(2020-09-05) (aged 87)
Place of deathCarlisle, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947-72 Langholm ()
– Barbarians ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1962 South of Scotland District ()
1965 Combined Scottish Districts ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958-65 Scotland 12 (8)

Christy Elliot (24 February 1933 – 5 September 2020) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1][2]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played for Langholm.[1] During his time at Langholm, the club won the Scottish Unofficial Championship in the 1958–59 season and the Border League in that same season, as well as the Langholm Sevens.[3]

Elliot won a further 5 Sevens winners medals on the Border Sevens Circuit: winning Kelso Sevens once, Gala Sevens twice, Selkirk Sevens once and Earlston Sevens once.[3]

He first played for Langholm as a 15-year-old in 1947, and last played for the club in 1972, 25 years later.[4]

He also played for the Barbarians 3 times.[3]

Provincial career

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He played for South of Scotland District.[5]

He captained the Combined Scottish Districts side in 1965, playing against South Africa. The Districts side won 16–8.[3]

International career

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He was capped for Scotland twelve times between 1958 and 1965.[1][6]

Military career

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He did his national service in Korea with the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[3]

Business career

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He became a tweed manager with Arthur Bell & Sons in Langholm.[3]

Family

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His brother Tom Elliot was also capped for Scotland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bath, p138
  2. ^ "Christopher Elliot". ESPN scrum.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Christy Elliot". Scottish Rugby Union.
  4. ^ Nixon, Jack (10 September 2020). "Tribute to Langholm stalwart and Scotland internationalist Christie Elliot". The Offside Line.
  5. ^ John Downie (25 October 1962). "South's Narrow Victory Against Glasgow". The Herald. Glasgow.
  6. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Christy Elliot - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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