Mike Biggar (born 20 November 1949) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Biggar was educated at Sedbergh School in Cumbria, where he was Head of School, then went up to
Queens' College, Cambridge
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, where he read Law and won a Blue in rugby in 1971.
He went on to play for London Scottish.
He was capped by Scotland 'B' to play against France 'B' in 1975.
He appeared for Scotland in 24 international matches between 1975 and 1980, four times as
captain
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In 1992, he was involved in an automobile accident in which he sustained severe head injuries and became disabled, requiring a wheelchair and unable to walk without difficulty.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, while recovering from a debilitating kidney infection, and inspired by
Captain Tom Moore
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, he decided to try to raise £1,000 for
NHS Charities Together
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by walking 100 steps in a month. As of 10 August 2021, he had raised over £87,000 via
JustGiving
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History
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.
Family
He lives in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, with his wife Ali. Fellow London Scottish and Scotland player