Stuart Gallacher

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Stuart Gallacher
Personal information
Full name Ian Stuart Gallacher
Born 22 May 1946
Llanelli, Wales, UK
Died 19 October 2014 (aged 68)
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Felinfoel RFC
Llanelli RFC
Barbarian F.C.
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Wales 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Bradford Northern
Keighley
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Wales 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Ian Stuart Gallacher (22 May 1946[2] – 19 October 2014)[3] was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s/70s.

Rugby union playing career

Born in Llanelli, Gallacher played for Felinfoel RFC, and Llanelli RFC, as a Lock, i.e. number 4 or 5. He joined Llanelli RFC in 1965, and played almost 200 games for the club.[3] At Llanelli RFC he won his only international cap for Wales, against France on Saturday 4 April 1970. He played at invitational level for Barbarian F.C.[3]

Rugby league playing career

In 1970, he joined Bradford Northern rugby league club, moving to Keighley in January 1975. He played as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12.[4] He won caps for Wales (RL) while at Keighley in 1975 against France and England, and in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, and France.[5]

Rugby union executive

He acted as chief executive of Llanelli RFC and Scarlets from 1996, before being appointed as chief executive of Regional Rugby Wales (RRW) in 2009. He stood down from the post in June 2014 because of poor health. He was also a member of the board of the European Rugby Cup.[3]

References

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External links

Photographs

  1. ↑ Profile rugbyleagueproject.org; accessed 19 October 2014.
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