Percy Friebe
| Birth name | John Percy Friebe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 May 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 May 2019 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | High School of Glasgow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percy Friebe (born 9 May 1931) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. Friebe played as a No. 8.[1]
Rugby union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Friebe played for Glasgow HSFP.[2]
He also played for Worcester Warriors, Moseley and the RAF rugby union.[3]
Friebe scored the first ever try at Burnbrae when Glasgow HSFP opened West of Scotland's new ground in 1960.[3][4]
Provincial career
[edit]Friebe played for Glasgow District. He won the 1951-52 Inter-City against Edinburgh District.[5]
He played for Glasgow in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. He played in the 1953–54 Scottish Inter-District Championship and the 1954-55 championship.
He also played for the combined Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities' side against South Africa.[3]
International career
[edit]He was capped for Scotland once, in 1952, in the Five Nations match against England at Murrayfield.[6]
Administration
[edit]Friebe is the Honorary President of Glasgow High Kelvinside.[3][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Percy Friebe".
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ a b c d "80 UP".
- ^ "Once upon a time in the West - News - Glasgow Hawks RFC".
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Percy Friebe - Test matches".
- ^ "A Few Final Thoughts". 18 April 2015.