Ed Crozier is a Scottish former

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 referee. He was the 126th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Outside of rugby union, he is a theatre, film, TV and radio drama producer.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for

Glasgow Academicals The Glasgow Academical Football Club is the third oldest rugby football club in Scotland. The club was also a founder member of the Scottish Football Union (the future SRU) in 1873. History Glasgow Hawks In 1997 the decision was made to ...

and West of Scotland.

Referee career

Crozier is a grade 'A'

referee and has been a Chairman of the Scottish Rugby Referees Association. He refereed the SRU founders members match between

and West of Scotland in 2016.

Administrative career

He became a director of Whitecraigs from 1992 to 1994. He became the President of

Cartha Queens Park The Cartha Queens Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1974, after the merger of Cartha RFC and Queens Park F.P. They play their home games at Dumbreck. The men's side are currently i ...

. Crozier became the 126th President of the

Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; gd, Aonadh Rugbaidh na h-Alba) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Styled as Scottish Rugby, it is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league s ...

. He served one year in office from 2015 to 2016. During his time as president the SRU gave out grants to clubs as part of their sustainability fund. Crozier stated: "The Club Sustainability Fund enables us to improve the infrastructure of the domestic game across Scotland through supporting clubs and their project ideas. Together with the BT sponsorship investment, we are helping to improve club facilities for grassroots rugby. We hope such investment will encourage more players and communities to get involved with their clubs to help create a rugby legacy within the domestic game."

Arts career

Crozier has been a Director of Scottish Opera since 2012. He has been a former Director of Culture and Sport Glasgow. From 2017 to 2018 he was a Director of Castlight. Some of the productions he has either produced or executive produced are:- Rat Pack Confidential, Baby Doll, South Pacific, The Celtic Story and Bill Bryden's first world war epic The Big Picnic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crozier, Ed Scottish rugby union players Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union 1959 births Glasgow Academicals rugby union players West of Scotland FC players Living people