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Colin Douglas Fisher (born 27 December 1949) is a Scottish
Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player and administrator.Bath, p139 He was capped five times between 1975 and 1976 for . He also played for
Waterloo R.F.C. Waterloo Rugby Club (known as Firwood Waterloo for sponsorship reasons) is an English Rugby Union team based at St Anthonys Road, Blundellsands, Merseyside. Once a powerhouse of the English rugby union game, the men's 1st XV now play in Nort ...
He is the son of
Alastair Fisher Alastair Fisher was a Scottish rugby union player.Bath, p. 139 He was capped twice in 1947 for . He also played for Waterloo R.F.C. He was the father of Colin Fisher Colin Douglas Fisher (born 27 December 1949) is a Scottish Rugby union ...
, who was also capped for Scotland. He played 7 times for the Scotland, but two of those games were versus Japan and that time that didn't count for a full cap, his other caps came in matches against Australia, England, Ireland, New Zealand and Wales. After an injury to his left knee cartilage he never returned to training. After retiring he became involved in administration of Rugby and was involved in controversial incidents involving sponsors and drunken behaviour in 2005. he has also been president of Waterloo R.F.C. of Liverpool. He is a chartered surveyor by profession.


References

*Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )
Colin Fisher's profile at ESPN Scrum
1949 births Living people Army rugby union players Lancashire County RFU players Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Waterloo R.F.C. players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub