Gordon Boyd (rugby union)
# Gordon Boyd (rugby union)

Gordon Boyd (8 March 1905 - 21 February 1980) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

## Rugby Union career

### Amateur career

He played for Glasgow HSFP.

He was part of the Glasgow HSFP side that shared the 1923-24 Scottish Unofficial Championship season title with Glasgow Academicals. Boyd scored 28 tries that season, including 6 in one match and 4 in another.

The Chocolate and Gold history of Glasgow HSFP recalls:

   He was a very elusive winger who, though not lightning fast, had a fine swerve and played at centre and stand-off when required.

### Provincial career

He played for the Whites Trial side on 15 December 1924.

### International career

He was capped by Scotland just the once, in 1926, to play against England at Twickenham.

## Family

His father was David Mitchell Boyd who died in 1955.

Gordon Boyd married Hannah Margaret Allison Murdoch (1907-1980) on 10 November 1934 in Yangon, Burma.

