| Code | DS/UK/838 |
| Dates | 1941-2018 |
| Person Name | MacEwan; Nairn Alexander (1941-2018); Scottish rugby union player and coach |
| Surname | MacEwan |
| Forenames | Nairn Alexander |
| Epithet | Scottish rugby union player and coach |
| Activity | Flanker, played for Edinburgh Wanderers, Gala RFC, Penguins, Rest of Scottish Districts, South of Scotland, Highland RFC, Scotland XV and Scotland (1971-1975, 20 caps, 4 points). First Highland player to be capped. Later coached Scotland, Glasgow H.S.F.P. and Glasgow Academicals. Allan Massie says "MacEwan helped Highland RFC to their "years of glory in the Seventies, when guided and inspired by [him], they shot up through the divisions, but they have since fallen away, and are now a run of the mill Second Division outfit." Bill McLaren notes that Bill Dickinson included MacEwan in "one of the most formidable packs of all time", alongside the Scottish rugby greats like Ian McLauchlan, Sandy Carmichael, Alistair McHarg, Gordon Brown, Peter Brown and Rodger Arneil." Educated Morrison's Academy, Crieff. |
| Relationships | Son of Alexander McEwan, army officer, and Margaret Mary McEwan MS Rose. Nairn McEwan married, 1stly, 10 August 1963, Leith, Wilma Duncan Emslie. |
| RefNo | Title |
| BML/1/2/18 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murayfield, 6 February 1971 |
| BML/2/15/8 | Big sheet, Scottish Trial, Murrayfield, 5 January 1980 |
| BML/2/3/2 | Big sheet and bundle, Cardiff versus Barbarian F.C., Cardiff Arms Park, 1 April 1972 |
| BML/1/3/17 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Ireland, Murrayfield, 27 February 1971 |
| BML/1/3/18 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Ireland, Murrayfield, 24 February 1973 |
| BML/2/18/4 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Tonga, Murrayfield, 28 September 1974. |
| BML/1/1/20 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus Scotland, Twickenham, 17 March 1973 |
| BML/1/2/21 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 19 January 1974 |
| BML/1/1/21 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus England, Murrayfield, 2 February 1974 |
| BML/7/4 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus England, Murrayfield, 27 March 1971 |
| BML/2/1/6 | Big sheet and bundle, A Scottish XV versus Argentina, Murrayfield, 24 November 1973 |
| BML/2/12/26 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus New Zealand, Murrayfield, 16 December 1972. |
| BML/1/3/19 | Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus Scotland, Lansdowne Road, 2 March 1974 |
| BML/7/9 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland and Ireland versus England and Wales, Murrayfield, 14 October 1972 |
| BML/2/12/44 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus New Zealand, Murrayfield, 10 November 1979 |
| BML/7/10 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus S.R.U. President's XV, Murrayfield, 31 Mar 1973 and S.R.U. President's XV versus Scottish Districts XV, Netherdale, Galashiels, 4 April 1973 |
| BML/1/2/22 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murrayfield, 1 March 1975 |
| BML/1/1/25 | Big sheet, Scotland versus England, Murrayfield, 4 March 1978 |
| BML/6/3/7 | Big sheet and bundle, Glasgow versus North & Midlands, Murrayfield, 11 December 1976 |
| BML/2/12/20 | Big sheet and bundle, The Rest of Scottish Districts versus New Zealand, Mansfield Park, Hawick, 25 November 1972 |
| BML/1/4/19 | Big sheet and bundle, France versus Scotland, Parc des Princes, 13 January 1973. |
| BML/7/17 | Big sheet and bundle, S.R.U. President's XV versus London Scottish, Richmond Athletic Ground, 8 April 1978 |
| BML/1/4/18 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus France, Murrayfield, 15 January 1972 |
| BML/1/2/25 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 18 February 1978 |
| BML/1/2/26 | Big sheet and bundle, Scotland versus Wales, Murrayfield, 20 January 1979 |
| BML/1/2/27 | Big sheet and bundle, Wales versus Scotland, Cardiff Arms Park, 1 March 1980 |
| BML/6/1/37 | Big sheet and bundle, Highland versus Selkirk, Northern Meeting Park, Inverness, 13 March 1976 |
| BML/1/1/22 | Big sheet and bundle, England versus Scotland, Twickenham, 15 March 1975 |
| SCS68/1/45 | Programme, Gala versus Penguins at Netherdale [see Description for detail - Galashiels Rugby Football Club (Gala RFC)] |
| BML/1/4/20 | Bundle, Scotland versus France, Murrayfield, 16 March 1974 |