W.B. Young
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William Brewitt Young was a Scottish
and East African rugby football player.
He was capped ten times for between 1937–48 and three times for East Africa
between 1949-50. Along with Maurice Daly of he is one of only two people to have been capped by a major rugby playing nation and by East Africa.
Along with W.C.W. Murdoch
, he was one of only two Scottish players to be capped on either side of World War II
, giving him one of the longest international careers on record. John "Jack" Heaton and Thomas Arthur "Tommy" Kemp also achieved this feat for .
ANCESTRY
William Brewitt Young was the son of Alexander Robert YOUNG (born c1885 Govan, Lanarkshire Scotland)and Christina LEIPER (born c1883 Lanark, Lanarkshire). His paternal grandmother was Eliza Olive BREWITT (1844 Paris, France - 1929 Eglinton St., Glasgow,)who married Alexander YOUNG (c1840 Kilmarnock - c1896 Govan), William's paternal grandfather, in Alexandria Egypt c1869. Eliza's father Jonathan BREWITT(c1816 Bermondsey London - 1883 Alexandria Egypt)was a merchant seaman employed by the Khedivial Mail Company in Egypt.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and East African rugby football player.
He was capped ten times for between 1937–48 and three times for East Africa
East Africa rugby union team
Established in 1950, The East Africa rugby union team is a multi-national rugby union team drawing players from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, though the vast majority of these came from Kenya which has traditionally been the strongest rugby playing nation in this part of the world...
between 1949-50. Along with Maurice Daly of he is one of only two people to have been capped by a major rugby playing nation and by East Africa.
Along with W.C.W. Murdoch
W.C.W. Murdoch
William Copeland Wood Murdoch was a Scottish international rugby union player who played at full-back....
, he was one of only two Scottish players to be capped on either side of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, giving him one of the longest international careers on record. John "Jack" Heaton and Thomas Arthur "Tommy" Kemp also achieved this feat for .
ANCESTRY
William Brewitt Young was the son of Alexander Robert YOUNG (born c1885 Govan, Lanarkshire Scotland)and Christina LEIPER (born c1883 Lanark, Lanarkshire). His paternal grandmother was Eliza Olive BREWITT (1844 Paris, France - 1929 Eglinton St., Glasgow,)who married Alexander YOUNG (c1840 Kilmarnock - c1896 Govan), William's paternal grandfather, in Alexandria Egypt c1869. Eliza's father Jonathan BREWITT(c1816 Bermondsey London - 1883 Alexandria Egypt)was a merchant seaman employed by the Khedivial Mail Company in Egypt.