Frank Fasson
| Born | Francis Hamilton Fasson 21 September 1877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 23 October 1955 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francis Hamilton (Frank) Fasson was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Half back.[1]
Life
[edit]He was the son of Charles Hamilton Fasson MD, Superintendent of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, by his second wife, Margaret Sarah Robertson, who died when Frank was five.
He trained as a lawyer and in 1910 is listed as Francis H. Fasson WS living at 10 Murrayfield Drive in West Edinburgh.[2]
In the First World War he served as a Captain in the Scottish Horse regiment.
He died in Jedburgh on 23 October 1955.
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]He played for Cambridge University.[3]
He then played for London Scottish and Edinburgh Wanderers.
Provincial career
[edit]Fasson played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898.[3]
International career
[edit]Family
[edit]He married Lilias Clara Bruce and was father to Tony Fasson a hero of the Second World War.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Francis Hamilton Fasson". ESPN scrum. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ↑ Edinburgh Post Office directory 1910
- 1 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000295/18981226/139/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Frank Fasson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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