Norm Suddon

Norm Suddon (28 June 1943 – 18 April 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a Prop.[1]

Norm Suddon
Birth nameNorman Suddon
Date of birth(1943-06-28)28 June 1943
Place of birthCavers, Scotland
Date of death18 April 2022(2022-04-18) (aged 78)
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Hawick ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Scottish Border XV
South of Scotland District
Whites Trial
Blues Trial
Scotland Probables		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1965-70 Scotland 13 (0)

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Suddon played for Hawick.[2] He was deemed a protege of Hugh McLeod, a long-time Hawick prop.[3]

Provincial career

Suddon played for a Scottish Border XV in their October 1962 matches against Durham County and Royal Air Force Rugby Union; both warm-up matches to help selection to the South district side.[4][5]

He played for South of Scotland District.[6]

He played for the Whites Trial side in their match against the Blues Trial side on 9 February 1963.[7] After impressing he then turned out for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side in their final match that season on 2 March 1963.[7]

Suddon played for Scotland Probables in their match against Scotland Possibles on 31 December 1966. However after a poor display by the Probables front row, Suddon was deemed a 'scapegoat' by the Aberdeen Press and Journal when he was left out of the Scotland international team to meet France in January 1967.[8]

He was named for Scotland Probables in their match against Scotland Possibles on 9 January 1971.[9] However he had to withdraw due to a knee injury that he sustained in his club match prior to this. Suddon had to have surgery on his cartillage.[10]

International career

Suddon was capped 13 times for Scotland.[11]

He also played in a combined Scotland-Ireland team that played against England-Wales on 14 October 1972 to mark the SRU centenary.[12]

Later life and death

Suddon worked as a hosiery worker in Hawick.[3] He died on 18 April 2022, at the age of 78.[13]

References
  1. "Norman Suddon". ESPN scrum.
  2. Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
  3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19650202/165/0010 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  7. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  8. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19670106/198/0011 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19701230/137/0011 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19710106/279/0014 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Norm Suddon - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  12. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19721014/543/0016 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "Norman Suddon, Scottish rugby player". The Scotsman. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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