Dougie Morgan

British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player (1947–2020)

Rugby player

Dougie Morgan

Birth name

Douglas Waugh Morgan

Date of birth

(1947-03-09)9 March 1947

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland

Date of death

5 April 2020(2020-04-05) (aged 73)

Place of death

Edinburgh, Scotland

Notable relative(s)

Charlie Shiel (grandson)

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	Stewart's Melville		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	Edinburgh District		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1973–1978 1977	Scotland British and Irish Lions	21 2	(71) (9)

Douglas Waugh Morgan (9 March 1947 – 5 April 2020^[1]) was a Scotland international rugby union player. In 1977 he toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for Stewart's Melville FP.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Stewart's Melville.^[2]

Provincial career

He was capped by Edinburgh District.^[2]

International career

Morgan played 21 full internationals for Scotland between 1973 and 1978 and captained the team in the 1978 Five Nations Championship. He was also capped twice by the Lions against New Zealand on the 1977 tour. After retiring as a player Morgan moved into coaching and coached the Scotland team from 1993 to 1995.^[3]

Death

He died on 4 April 2020, aged 73 from COVID-19.^[4]^[5]^[3]

References

^ Doug Morgan player profile Scrum.com
^ ^a ^b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Dougie Morgan: Former Scotland coach and British & Irish Lion dies aged 73". BBC Sport. 5 April 2020.
^ "Scotland and Lions legend Dougie Morgan died from coronavirus". Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ "Stewart's Melville, Scotland and Lions great Dougie Morgan passes away". The Offside Line. 5 April 2020.