Iain Milne is a former rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 footballer. His nickname is "The Bear" in view of his physical size and strength.

Educated at George Heriot's School

George Heriot's School

George Heriot's School is an independent primary and secondary school on Lauriston Place in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland, with around 1600 pupils, 155 teaching staff and 80 non-teaching staff. It was established in 1628 as George Heriot's Hospital, by bequest of the royal goldsmith George...

 in Edinburgh, he played prop and was part of the Grand Slam

Grand Slam (Rugby Union)

In rugby union, a Grand Slam occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship manages to beat all the others during one year's competition...

 winning side in 1984. He made his Scotland debut 3 March 1979 against Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team

The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...

. His 42nd, and last, cap was won alongside his brother, Kenny

Kenny Milne (rugby player)

Kenny Milne is a former Scotland rugby union player who was capped 39 times. He is the brother of Iain, and David Milne....

 who was representing his country for the first time as hooker. Iain's final appearance came during the 1990 tour of New Zealand although he did not participate in the Scotland's 1990 Grand Slam. In all he won 44 caps. Milne was known for his workrate, durability, hard tackling and courage.

Richard Bath writes of him that, he was

"one of the great anomalies of Scottish forward play, a lumbering bull of a man whose greatest strength lay in his sheer strength. Although a capable footballer, it was Milne's destiny to build up a reputation as a formidable scrummager; the type of man even the Paprembordes

Robert Paparemborde

Robert Paparemborde, born 5 July 1948 in Pau, France, died 19 April 2001 aged 52, was a rugby union player who was capped 55 times, 5 as captain, for the French national side....

 of the world thought twice about taking issue with. But then, as Milne himself says, it was his ability to provide a solid tight platform that would allow Scotland to play No. 8s such as Derek White and Iain Paxton

Iain Paxton

Iain Angus McLeod Paxton is a Scottish rugby union player who won 36 caps at number eight and lock between 1981 and 1988, scoring a total of five tries. He made his debut against New Zealand All Blacks on the 1981 tour and later that year he helped Scotland to a memorable 24-15 win over Australia...

 in the second row so that they could play a more fluid style and get away with it."

Milne played for Heriot's FP and also the English side, Harlequin F.C.

Harlequin F.C.

The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...

. His brothers David

David Milne (rugby union)

David Milne was a Scottish international rugby union player.He was capped once for in 1991. He also played for Heriot's Rugby Club.His brothers Iain and Kenny were also capped for Scotland.-References:...

and Kenny were also capped. Known as "the Three Bears, the Milne brothers made one appearance together as the Barbarians front row.

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