Robert S. McCoig (1937–1998) was a Scottish

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player who won numerous national and international titles from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. McCoig captured a record fifteen Scottish National singles titles, as well as several Scottish Open singles titles, his greatest international victories came in doubles. He was especially successful in three North American forays which yielded a pair of U.S. Open men's doubles titles (1963, 1965), a pair of Canadian Open men's doubles titles (1963, 1969), and the mixed doubles title of each nation in 1965. With Muriel Woodcock (née Ferguson) McCoig was runner-up in mixed doubles at the prestigious

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in 1968.Scheele, 168. He represented Scotland in seven consecutive Thomas Cup (men's international team) campaigns from 1957 to 1976.

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Scottish male badminton players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1937 births 1998 deaths Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub