Christy Elliot

Christy Elliot
Birth name	Christopher Elliot
Date of birth	24 February 1933
Place of birth	Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Date of death	5 September 2020 (aged 87)
Place of death	Carlisle, England
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1947-72	Langholm; Barbarians
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1962; 1965	South of Scotland District; Combined Scottish Districts
International career
Years	Team
1958-65	Scotland

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

Rugby Union 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 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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