Scottish Rugby is saddened to learn of the death of the long-serving former secretary of the Union, John Law. He was 94.

Mr Law (Kelvinside Academicals) was secretary of the Scottish Rugby Union from 1954 to 1983. Initially he worked from an office in Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, before moving to Murrayfield Stadium in 1964.

He was educated at Kelvinside Academy from 1921 to 1933, playing for the school's first XV as a lock forward, and then studied law at Glasgow University going into practice after graduation.

During the Second World War he served as a captain in the Highland Light Infantry.

The great loves of his life were his family and rugby and he was honoured for services to rugby by an OBE. He was also an elder at Craigsbank Parish Church in the Corstorphine district of Edinburgh.

Scottish Rugby extends its sincere condolences to his sons Ian and Millar, his daughters Janice and Amanda and his grand-children Lara, Lucy, Alastair, Lily and Iris.

This article was posted on 22-Sep-2010, 17:12 by Hugh Barrow.