David Chisholm ( St. Boswells, 23 January 1937 –

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, 27 July 1998) was a Scottish

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player.Bath, p. 138 He played as a fly-half. He had 14 caps for

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, from 1964 to 1968, scoring 1 try and 4 drop goals, 15 points on aggregate. He played in the

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, in 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968, playing in 11 games and scoring 2 drop goals, 6 points on aggregate. He also played for

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. He was commonly linked with

Alex Hastie Alexander James Hastie (29 July 1935 – 7 June 2010), also known as Alex Hastie or Eck Hastie was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Scrum-half; and was commonly linked with David Chisholm, his pairing at Fly-half for ...

, according to

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: :''"They played together for Melrose for eleven seasons, in the course of which Chisholm scored more than a thousand points for the club... As a pair their understanding made them more than the sum of two individuals. Did Hastie ever lose Chisholm in any of the thirteen internationals they played together? It was their joint ability to tidy up bad ball and even turn it to advantage that made them the most secure of partnerships. Both tackled better than many wing forwards, and they would have revelled in the modern game... Their record of going ten internationals without defeat is unparalleled.''"Massie, pp. 154–6 His brother Robin Chisholm was also capped for Scotland. he was a father of 2 and a grandpa of 4

References

* Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) * McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ) * Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) 1937 births 1998 deaths Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from the Scottish Borders Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub