| Birth name | John Tod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 October 1862 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Crieff, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 September 1935 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Strathpeffer, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Tod (8 October 1862 – 8 September 1935) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He was nicknamed 'The Prince of Dribblers' and it is said that he introduced the dribbling game to rugby union.[2] Tod, himself, rated the later Watsonian player and Scotland international William Cownie as a much better dribbler of the rugby ball than he was, saying that Cownie was the prettiest dribbler he had ever seen touch a rugby ball.[2]