Ron Glasgow
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Ronald "Ron" Glasgow was a Scottish
Scotland
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 rugby union player.

He was capped ten times between 1962-65 for . He also played for Dunfermline RFC
Dunfermline RFC
Dunfermline Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Established in 1893 the club play their home games at McKane Park.They currently play in Scottish National Leagues division 1.Their strip is royal blue and white....

, and Gordonians RFC
Gordonians RFC
Gordonians RFC are a rugby union team based in Aberdeen, Scotland founded in 1923. They take their name from the fact that they were originally the former pupils club for Robert Gordon's College in the city...

.

Allan Massie
Allan Massie
Allan Massie is a well-known Scottish journalist, sports writer and novelist.-Early life:Born in 1938 in Singapore, where his father was a rubber planter for Sime Darby, Massie spent his childhood in Aberdeenshire...

 considers that:
"Ron Glasgow was the most under-capped Scottish forward, winning only ten caps between 1962 and 1965... Glasgow's performance at Cardiff
Cardiff
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 [in 1962] alone should have ensured him of a long reign at open-side wing-forward.

"It was his misfortune to play for unfashionable clubs: Jordanhill College
Jordanhill College
Jordanhill Campus, in Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland, is now home to the Faculty of Education of the University of Strathclyde. Within the University of Strathclyde faculty of education, departments include Childhood and Primary Studies, Creative and Aesthetic Studies, Curricular Studies,...

, Gordonians
Gordonians RFC
Gordonians RFC are a rugby union team based in Aberdeen, Scotland founded in 1923. They take their name from the fact that they were originally the former pupils club for Robert Gordon's College in the city...

 and Dunfermline
Dunfermline RFC
Dunfermline Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Established in 1893 the club play their home games at McKane Park.They currently play in Scottish National Leagues division 1.Their strip is royal blue and white....

. I have no doubt that had he played for Hawick
Hawick RFC
Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....

 or Gala
Gala RFC
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 or one of the big city clubs he would have represented his country more often.
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Glasgow's try was the first Scottish one in Cardiff for twenty seven years.

Robin Lind (Harry?!) who played for Dunfermline and North-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, who was also capped for Scotland.

He was PE teacher at Dollar Academy and head of the school cadet force.
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