Record

CodeDS/UK/5466
Dates1944-2006
Person NameBurr; Alastair Hume (1944-2006); Scottish rugby union player
SurnameBurr
ForenamesAlastair Hume
EpithetScottish rugby union player
ActivityWing, played for Stewart's FP (later Stewart's Melville FP RFC and now Stewart's Melville RFC), later President (1996-1998) and administrator. Former Stewart's Melville president Al Napier said "As a player Alastair was a pretty quick finisher who could be relied on - and in a decent Stewart's FP side of the 1960s."
RelationshipsSon of James Henry Burr, civil engineer, of 27 Silverknowes Terrace, Davidson's Mains, and Anne Carrie Burr maiden surname Donaldson, married 2 June 1936, Glasgow. Alastair married Sheila Helen Reid.
Dates and PlacesBorn 11 July 1944, Queen Mary Maternity Home, Edinburgh, died 6 February 2006, 27 Silverknowes Terrace, Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh.
Archive Catalogue
RefNoTitle
BML/6/1/25Big sheet and bundle, Heriot's FP versus Stewart's FP, Goldenacre, Edinburgh, 28 March 1970
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