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Alan Lawson
Birth name	Alan James Macgregor Lawson
Date of birth	19 May 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Notable relative(s)	Rory Lawson (son); Jim Thompson (nephew)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum half
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Edinburgh Wanderers
–	Heriots
–	London Scottish
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
	Edinburgh District
-	Anglo-Scots
-	Middlesex County
International career
Years	Team
1972-80	Scotland
123rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union
	In office; 2012–2013
Preceded by	Ian McLauchlan
Succeeded by	Donald Macleod

Alan James Macgregor Lawson (born 19 May 1948 in Kirkcaldy) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Edinburgh Wanderers. Lawson stated: 'When I played in the 1970s, Jimmy Thain, the head groundsman, regularly let us play on the international pitch, telling us: The pitch also has to be match fit.'

Lawson played for Heriots.^[1]^[2]

In the late 1970s he moved to London Scottish.^[3]

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District.^[4] Unusually, he was capped by Scotland before he was capped by a District side.^[5]

When he moved to London Scottish he represented Anglo-Scots^[6] and Middlesex County.^[7]

International career

He played scrum-half for Scotland on 15 occasions between 1972 and 1980.^[8] He made his test debut for Scotland against France at Murrayfield on 15 January 1972 and he played his last match for Scotland against Wales at Cardiff on 1 March 1980.

Administrative career

Lawson became the 123rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served a one-year term from 2012 to 2013.

Family

He is married to Linda, the daughter of rugby commentator Bill McLaren.^[9] The couple have three children: Rory, who is also a Scotland rugby union international; Gregor, a Scotland 7s international and entrepreneur founding fancy dress company Morphsuits; and a daughter Lindsay.