Jordanhill Rugby Football Club is a former rugby union football club based in

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. Founded as a club for the students and former students of

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, it lasted until 1988 when it merged with

Hillhead RFC Hillhead Rugby Football Club is a former rugby union football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1904 as a club for former pupils of Hillhead High School, it lasted until 1988 when it merged with Jordanhill RFC to form Hillhead Jordanhi ...

to form

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Jordanhill College

Jordanhill College was planned in 1913 as a teacher training college. On the outbreak of the First World War, the building of the campus was delayed but Jordanhill School was completed in 1920 and the teaching college was completed in 1921.

Rugby

A rugby team, Jordanhill College RFC, was formed. The club used the campus grounds at Southbrae Drive in Jordanhill for their matches. Jordanhill College School FP RFC played their matches at Kilmardinny in Bearsden and Victoria Park, Jordanhill.
Jordanhill v Gordonians 13 November 1965 match report

Merger

The club was merged with Hillhead RFC (formerly the rugby club of the former pupils of

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) in 1988 to form

Club Honours

Scottish Unofficial Championship The Scottish Unofficial Championship was the top league of Scotland's best amateur rugby union clubs. The Championship was 'unofficial' as the Scottish Rugby Union held that the sport should remain amateur and at the time did not sanction competit ...

** Champions (1): 1969 *

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** Champions (3): 1952, 1953, 1954 * Allan Glen's Sevens ** Champions: 1975, 1979 * Lenzie Sevens ** Champions: 1969, 1973 * Hillhead HSFP Sevens ** Champions: 1976 * Glasgow University Sevens ** Champions: 1974 * Kilmarnock Sevens ** Champions: 1954 * Ayr Sevens ** Champions: 1982 * Hyndland Sevens ** Champions: 1969

Notable former players

Former coaches

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, Scotland national rugby union coach, 1971–77. *

Richie Dixon Richie Dixon (born c. 1947) is a former rugby union footballer, the former head coach of the Scotland national team, the Georgia national team and Glasgow Caledonians (now known as Glasgow Warriors). He was head of Physical Education at Currie ...

, Scotland national rugby union coach 1995–98, Glasgow Warriors Head Coach 1999-2002 *

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, Glasgow Warriors Head Coach 2003-06

Scotland internationalists

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Ron Glasgow Ronnie Glasgow OBE was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p140 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Dunfermline, and Gordonians, as well as Jordanhill and Haddington. Allan Massie stated: :''"It was his misfort ...

Ian McLauchlan John McLauchlan (born 14 April 1942), known as Ian McLauchlan, is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p147 Nicknamed Mighty Mouse, he represented Scotland at loosehead prop from 1969 to 1979.Massie, p168 Rugby union care ...

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* Jim Carswell *

Glasgow District players

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References

External links

Playing Rugby for Jordanhill College Rugby Football Club 1958 - 1966 John Henderson ‘The Boot’ Remembers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordanhill RFC Rugby union in Glasgow Sports clubs and teams in Glasgow Defunct rugby union clubs in Scotland Rugby union clubs disestablished in 1988 1988 disestablishments in Scotland Rugby clubs established in 1921 1921 establishments in Scotland Jordanhill