William Douglas Jackson (5 December 1941 – 29 January 2018) was a Scottish rugby union player. He played on the wing for

Hawick Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one of ...

and won 8 international caps representing the

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Early life

He was born on 5 December 1941 in

, Scotland. He was educated at

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Rugby career

Jackson made his debut for

in 1958. He was a winger who stood 5 foot 10 inches tall and weighed 12 stones. In the 1969–70 season he scored 29 tries and equalled the club record. His first international appearance was against

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at Lansdowne Road on 22 February 1964. His last test appearance for Scotland was against

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at Twickenham on 15 March 1969. He was later the manager of the

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under-21 team. At Hawick he was President and Sevens convener. He was director of Rugby at Hawick for a few years, until 2012. He died on 29 January 2018 in

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, Melrose, aged 76.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Dougie 1941 births 2018 deaths Hawick RFC players People educated at Hawick High School Rugby union players from Hawick Rugby union wings Scotland international rugby union players