| Ronnie Glasgow | |
| Birth Name: | Ronald James Cunningham Glasgow |
| Birth Date: | 5 November 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Aberlady, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland |
| Amatteam1: | Jordanhill |
| Amatteam2: | Gordonians |
| Amatteam3: | Dunfermline |
| Apps1: | 3 |
| Points1: | 18 |
| Province1: | Glasgow District |
| Province2: | North and Midlands |
| Provinceapps1: | 6 |
| Provinceapps2: | 21 |
| Repyears1: | 1962–65 |
| Repcaps1: | 10 |
| Reppoints1: | 9 |
| Ru Position: | Flanker |
| Relatives: | Cammie Glasgow, son |
Ronald James Cunningham Glasgow, OBE (5 November 1930 – 6 October 2024) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Glasgow played for Dunfermline,[1] and Gordonians, as well as Jordanhill and Haddington.
Allan Massie stated:
"It was his misfortune to play for unfashionable clubs: Jordanhill College, Gordonians and Dunfermline. I have no doubt that had he played for Hawick or Gala or one of the big city clubs he would have represented his country more often."[2]
Glasgow was to represent two district sides. He played 21 times for North and Midlands and 6 times for Glasgow District.[3]
Glasgow was capped ten times between 1962 and 1965 for .[1]
Allan Massie considers that:
"Ron Glasgow was the most under-capped Scottish forward, winning only ten caps between 1962 and 1965... Glasgow's performance at Cardiff [in 1962] alone should have ensured him of a long reign at open-side wing-forward.[4]
Glasgow's try was the first Scottish one in Cardiff for 27 years.[5]
Robin Lind (Harry?!) who played for Dunfermline and North and Midlands said "never, ever did I think my team would lose when Ron Glasgow played for us. And very seldom we did."[2]
Glasgow was born in Aberlady in 1930, and attended Knox Academy.[6] He served in the parachute platoon of the Scots Guards.[6] He was PE teacher at Dollar Academy and head of the school cadet force.[2] He was appointed OBE in the 1990 New Year Honours for his service with the Combined Cadet Force, in which he was a lieutenant colonel.[6]
In 1958, he married his first wife, Anette, who died in 1962, from complications encountered in childbirth and cerebral palsy, shortly after the birth of their son.[6] He then remarried, to Anne Fleming (died 1988), and they had twins, one of whom is Cammie Glasgow, who was also capped for Scotland.[1] [6] Glasgow was a Presbyterian.[6]
Glasgow died in Dollar on 6 October 2024, at the age of 93.[6] [7]