Ernie Michie

Ernie Michie
Birth nameErnest James Stewart Michie
Date of birth(1933-11-07)7 November 1933
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
Date of death13 November 2021(2021-11-13) (aged 88)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Aberdeen University ()
– Aberdeen GSFP ()
– Army ()
– Langholm ()
– London Scottish ()
– Leicester Tigers ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
North ()
- North and Midlands ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1948-56 Scotland 17 (18)
1955 British and Irish Lions 2 (11)
– Barbarians

Ernest James Stewart Michie (7 November 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1] He played at Lock[2] and his nickname was "Fourteen".[1] He weighed 14 stone.[2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Michie also played for Aberdeen GSFP,[3] Langholm RFC,[2] and Aberdeen University.[2][3][4][5] His other clubs were London Scottish and the Army while in the Royal Engineers[1] and Highland Rugby Club. He played 10 games for Leicester Tigers in the 1957–58 season.[6]

Provincial career

He represented North of Scotland in the first year of the Scottish Inter-District Championship in season 1953–54.[7]

In subsequent seasons this combined North side (which previously contained Midlands District players) became formally known as North and Midlands in the championship. Michie also represented this side.[8]

International career

Michie was on the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa.[5] He was also selected for Barbarians.[1]

Personal life

He died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 88.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Godwin, p282
  2. ^ a b c d McLaren, p81
  3. ^ a b Massie, p132
  4. ^ Jones, p66
  5. ^ a b Bath, p118
  6. ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David (2014). Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  7. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  8. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  9. ^ Obituary: Ernie Michie
  10. ^ 1955 Lion Ernie Michie Dies Aged 88
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  2. Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
  3. Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Football (Robert Hale, London, 1958)
  4. McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
  5. Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)


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