Donald Scott Troup (1907 – 1973) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
| Full name | Donald Scott Troup | ||||||||||||||||
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| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Troup was the son of forestry expert Robert Scott Troup. He attended Uppingham School and Dragon School, followed by the University of Oxford, where he was a rugby blue.[1]
A forward, Troup attended trials for Scotland and represented the British Lions on their 1927 tour to Argentina, playing in four fixtures including two of the matches against the Pumas.[2]
Troup was a colonial administrator in Tanganyika.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ "#251 Donald Troup". British & Irish Lions.
- ^ "Oxford's All-Scottish Three-Quarter Line". Edinburgh Evening News. 6 December 1928.
- ^ Furse, Ralph Dolignon (1962). Aucuparius; Recollections of a Recruiting Officer. Oxford University Press.