Hugh MacKintosh

Hugh Mackintosh
Full nameHugh Stewart Mackintosh
Date of birth(1903-01-19)19 January 1903
Place of birthHelmsdale, Scotland
Date of death28 August 1989(1989-08-28) (aged 86)
Place of deathKillearn, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1929–32 Scotland 16 (9)

Hugh Stewart Mackintosh (19 January 1903 — 28 August 1989) was a Scottish international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Helmsdale, Mackintosh made his Scotland debut in 1929 and gained 16 total caps. He was a heavily built hooker who was a strong scrummager and played his club rugby for Glasgow University RFC, while representing West of Scotland in inter–district matches. Before his final international in 1932, Mackintosh his retirement from rugby.[2]

Mackintosh held a doctorate of education from Aberdeen University and served as Director of Education in Glasgow, for which he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 New Year Honours.[3]

  1. ^ "Aberdeen Director Selected". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 7 September 1943.
  2. ^ "H. S. MacKintosh's Last International Match". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 19 March 1932.
  3. ^ "Commanders (C.B.E.)". The Scotsman. 3 January 1956.