Ernie Michie

British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player (1933–2021)

Rugby player

Ernie Michie

Birth name

Ernest James Stewart Michie

Date of birth

(1933-11-07)7 November 1933

Place of birth

Aberdeen, Scotland

Date of death

13 November 2021(2021-11-13) (aged 88)

Weight

89 kg (14 st 0 lb)

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Lock
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	Aberdeen University Aberdeen GSFP Army Langholm London Scottish Leicester Tigers		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
-	North North and Midlands		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1948-56 1955	Scotland British and Irish Lions Barbarians	17 2	(18) (11)

Ernest James Stewart Michie (7 November 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.^[1] He played at Lock^[2] and his nickname was "Fourteen".^[1] He weighed 14 stone.^[2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Michie also played for Aberdeen GSFP,^[3] Langholm RFC,^[2] and Aberdeen University.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] His other clubs were London Scottish and the Army while in the Royal Engineers^[1] and Highland Rugby Club. He played 10 games for Leicester Tigers in the 1957–58 season.^[6]

Provincial career

He represented North of Scotland in the first year of the Scottish Inter-District Championship in season 1953–54.^[7]

In subsequent seasons this combined North side (which previously contained Midlands District players) became formally known as North and Midlands in the championship. Michie also represented this side.^[8]

International career

Michie was on the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa.^[5] He was also selected for Barbarians.^[1]

Personal life

He died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 88.^[9]^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Godwin, p282
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McLaren, p81
^ ^a ^b Massie, p132
^ Jones, p66
^ ^a ^b Bath, p118
^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David (2014). Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
^ Obituary: Ernie Michie
^ 1955 Lion Ernie Michie Dies Aged 88

Sources

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
Jones, J.R. Encyclopedia of Rugby Football (Robert Hale, London, 1958)
McLaren, Bill Talking of Rugby (1991, Stanley Paul, London ISBN 0-09-173875-X)
Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)