Francis Hamilton (Frank) Fasson was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Half back.[1]

Frank Fasson
Birth nameFrancis Hamilton Fasson
Date of birth(1877-09-21)21 September 1877
Place of birthPeebles, Scotland
Date of death23 October 1955(1955-10-23) (aged 78)
Place of deathJedburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Cambridge University
London Scottish
Edinburgh Wanderers
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Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Anglo-Scots ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1900-02 Scotland 5 (0)

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

He was capped 5 times for Scotland from 1900 to 1902.[4]

Family edit

He married Lilias Clara Bruce and was father to Tony Fasson a hero of the Second World War.

References edit

  1. ^ "Francis Hamilton Fasson". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ Edinburgh Post Office directory 1910
  3. ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000295/18981226/139/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Frank Fasson - Test matches". ESPN scrum.