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===Amateur career===
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He played for [[Langholm RFC|Langholm]].<ref name=Bath1/> 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]].<ref>https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/obituary-christy-elliot</ref>
He played for [[Langholm RFC]].<ref name=Bath1/>

Elliot won a further more 5 Sevens winners medals on the Border Sevens Circuit: winning Kelso Sevens once, Gala Sevens twice, Selkirk Sevens once and Earlston Sevens once.<ref>https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/obituary-christy-elliot</ref>


===Provincial career===
===Provincial career===

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Christy Elliot
Birth nameChristopher Elliot
Date of birth (1933-02-24) 24 February 1933 (age 91)
Place of birthLangholm, 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)
- Langholm ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1962
South of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958-65 Scotland 12 (8)

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

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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 more 5 Sevens winners medals on the Border Sevens Circuit: winning Kelso Sevens once, Gala Sevens twice, Selkirk Sevens once and Earlston Sevens once.[4]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District.[5]

International career

He was capped for Scotland twelve times between 1958-65.[1][6]

Family

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

References

Sources
  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)