William Stevenson (rugby union)

William Stevenson (3 May 1897 – 26 August 1972) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

William Stevenson

Birth name	William Hugh Stevenson
Date of birth	(1897-05-03)3 May 1897
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	26 August 1972(1972-08-26) (aged 75)
Place of death	Streatley, Berkshire, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Glasgow Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1924 Glasgow District () 1924 Whites Trial () 1924 Scotland Possibles () 1924 Scotland Probables () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1925 Scotland 1 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Stevenson played for Glasgow Academicals.

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District in the 1924 inter-city match against Edinburgh District.

He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 15 December 1924; and he started for Scotland Possibles in the trial match of 27 December 1924, impressing he came on for the Scotland Probables side in the second half.

International career

Stevenson played for Scotland once in 1925.

Military career

He was in the 3/16 Punjab regiment, and was a captain.

Family

His father Hugh Ferguson Stevenson (1845-1930) married Eliza McEwen (1854-1933) in 1879 in Glasgow.

William was one of their eight children, and the youngest son.

William was to marry Elizabeth Margaret Wallace (1902-1985) in 1931 in Kirkintilloch.