George Burrell (rugby union)

George "Dod" Burrell (21 January 1921 – 28 July 2001) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He later became an international referee and president of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]

George Burrell
Date of birth(1921-01-21)21 January 1921
Place of birthGalashiels, Scotland
Date of death28 July 2001(2001-07-28) (aged 80)
Place of deathMelrose, Scotland
SchoolGalashiels Academy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Gala
6th Bat. KOSB		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- South of Scotland District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1950-51 Scotland 4 (0)
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
1958-59 Five Nations Championship 2
99th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1985–1986
Preceded byHamish Kemp
Succeeded byDoug Smith

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played club rugby for Gala.[2]

During the war he played for the 6th Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, his army side. He captained the squad and they won the British Army championship title.[3]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District.

International career

Burrell was capped four times as a fullback for Scotland between 1950 and 1951.[4][5]

Referee career

On retiring from playing he took up refereeing and refereed two international matches – one each in the 1958 Five Nations Championship and 1959 Five Nations Championship.

Administrative career

He was assistant manager of the 1970 Scotland tour to Australia and took over as manager when Hector Monro had to return to Britain to fight a General Electio

Burrell also managed the 1975 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand and the 1977 British Lions tour to New Zealand

Burrell joined the SRU committee and served from 1968 to 86.

He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union in 1985–86.

Military career

He served with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the war. He was wounded in Normandy in 1944.

He was a company sergeant in the mortar platoon.

Death

He died at the Borders General Hospital in Melrose.[6]

References
  1. Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:13. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
  2. "Obituary: Stalwart of Gala rugby dies at 80". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. "George Burrell". The Independent. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. Griffiths, page 2:30-2:31
  5. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Dod Burrell - Test matches". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. "George Burrell". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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