Alan Watt (baritone)
Alan Watt may refer to: * Alan Watt (diplomat) (1901–1988), Australian diplomat * Alan Watt (cricketer) (1907–1974), English cricketer * Alan Watt (rugby union) (born 1967), Scotland rugby union player * Allan Watt (1922–2014), Scottish sprinter See also * Alan Watts Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English writer, speaker and self-styled "philosophical entertainer", known for interpreting and popularising Japanese, Chinese and Indian traditions of Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu ...

Alan Watt (diplomat)
Sir Alan Stewart Watt (13 April 1901 – 18 September 1988) was a distinguished Australian diplomat. Background and career Born of Scottish heritage, Watt attended Sydney Boys High School. A graduate of the Universities of Sydney and Oxford, he was a New South Wales Rhodes Scholar for 1921. In 1924, he played singles and doubles tennis at Wimbledon as the captain of Oxford. Watt first joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of External Affairs, in 1937. He served in the United States during World War II and was one of the Australian delegates at the United Nations Conference on International Organization. In 1947 Watt became the Australian minister to the Soviet Union and in 1948 the first Australian Ambassador in Moscow. In 1950 he returned to Australia and was appointed Secretary to the Department and was instrumental in negotiation of the ANZUS and SEATO treaties. He then served as High Commissioner to both Singapore and Southeast Asia (1954–1956), A ...
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Alan Watt (cricketer)
Alan Edward Watt (19 June 1907 – 3 February 1974) was an English cricketer. A fast-medium bowler and aggressive lower-order batsman, Watt made 230 appearances in first-class cricket, in the most part for Kent County Cricket Club.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939'', pp. 157–161.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 8 August 2022.) Born in Limpsfield Chart, Watt's first-class career began while Kent's star spin bowler Tich Freeman was at the height of his powers. Watt was therefore used primarily to take the shine off the ball in preparation for Freeman's imminent bowling spell. After the retirement of Freeman, Watt struck up an effective opening bowling partnership with all-rounder Leslie Todd, and took 108 wickets in the 1937 season. A tireless bowler, Watt could achieve late swing, which accounted for many of his victims. As a batsman, Watt was renowned as an aggressive player, form ...
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Alan Watt (rugby Union)
Alan Watt (born 10 July 1967) is a former Scotland national rugby union team international rugby union player. He played for Glasgow High Kelvinside, Currie and Hillhead Jordanhill - as well as Glasgow Warriors. Rugby Union career Amateur career Watt was born in Glasgow. He went to school at Kelvinside Academy. Watt played prop for Glasgow High Kelvinside. He moved to Currie in 1996. In 2000, while still contracted to Glasgow Warriors, he was assigned to Hillhead Jordanhill RFC. Provincial and professional career Before turning professional, Watt played for the provincial Glasgow District side. He was signed in 1999 by Glasgow Warriors, then as Glasgow Caledonians. His competitive debut for the Warriors was on 3 September 1999 at home to Pontypridd RFC in the Welsh–Scottish League. The Warriors played that match at Bridgehaugh Park in Stirling. Watt has the Glasgow Warriors No. 69. Despite 20 competitive appearances for Caledonians, he was released by them in March ...
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Allan Watt
Allan Watt (1922–2014) was a Scottish sprinter who represented Scotland and Great Britain in international competition. Athletics career Junior In 1939, Watt won the AAA Junior Championships 100 yards in 10 seconds (record) and the long jump with a distance of 6.78 metres at the White City Stadium in London. He also won the 100 yards and the long jump at the 1939 Scottish junior championships. At the 1940 Scottish junior championships he won the 100 yards, 220 yards and the long jump. War service In 1941 he joined the British Army, serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Watt gained a commission with the Royal Artillery (Field), attaining the rank of staff captain. At the end of the war he was working in welfare and education in Kenya. Following his demobilisation in 1946, he returned to training for his athletics career. Senior At the British Games at White City in 1947 he was second to the American, Eddy Connell, in the 100 yards. Connell set a new record o ...
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