Full name | Robert Steven | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 February 1937 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Newburn, Fife, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2014 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert Steven (19 February 1937 — 2014) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Born in Newburn, Fife, Steven attended Buckhaven High School and was a cousin of rugby administrator Jock Steven.[1] He was one of five brothers to play rugby for Howe of Fife, which captained in 1959–60.[2]
Steven gained a Scotland cap in a win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road in the 1962 Five Nations, deputising David Rollo in the front row.[3] His selection came while an Edinburgh Wanderers player and he also spent time in England, representing Eastern Counties and Norfolk.[4]