Charlie Usher
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Charles "Charlie" Milne Usher ( September 26, 1891-January 21, 1981, Haddington
) was a Scottish
rugby union player, who played at number eight, and also captained . He was capped sixteen times between 1912-1922 (partly due to the hiatus caused by World War I
).
Because of this, he has one of the longest international careers on record.
Haddington, East Lothian
The Royal Burgh of Haddington is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian, which was known officially as Haddingtonshire before 1921. It lies about east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the 6th...
) was a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
rugby union player, who played at number eight, and also captained . He was capped sixteen times between 1912-1922 (partly due to the hiatus caused by World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
).
Because of this, he has one of the longest international careers on record.