OBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
Dunfermline
Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...
Dunfermline
Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...
. I have no doubt that had he played for Hawick or Gala or one of the big city clubs he would have represented his country more often.''"Massie, p187
He was capped ten times between 1962 and 1965 for .Allan Massie considers that:
:''"Ron Glasgow was the most under-capped Scottish forward, winning only ten caps between 1962 and 1965... Glasgow's performance at Cardiff
n 1962
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History
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alone should have ensured him of a long reign at open-side wing-forward.''Massie, p187
Glasgow's try was the first Scottish one in Cardiff for 27 years.McLaren, p122
Robin Lind (Harry?!) who played for Dunfermline and North and Midlands said "''never, ever did I think my team would lose when Ron Glasgow played for us. And very seldom we did.''"
Personal life
He was the father of
Cammie Glasgow
Cameron "Cammy" Glasgow (24 February 1966, Bridge of Allan) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p140
, who was also capped for Scotland.
He was PE teacher at Dollar Academy and head of the school cadet force. He was appointed OBE in the
1990 New Year Honours
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