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Jim Calder |
Chairman
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Jim Calder, a legend of the Scottish game, is chairman of Edinburgh Rugby.
The 53-year-old former flanker, who was a pivotal figure in Scotland’s 1984 Grand Slam, made 57 inter-district appearances for Edinburgh during the 1970s and 80s and will now help drive the relationship between the pro-team and the wider community.
Calder, a respected figure within the game and the capital city’s business community, professed himself “delighted and honoured” to be taking on the role.
Calder, a blindside flanker, won 27 caps for Scotland between 1981 and 1985. A combative presence on the left side of the scrum, he weighed in with three tries in this period, most famously in the win over France at Murrayfield that went some way to sealing what was only the second Grand Slam in the nation’s history
Calder’s twin, Finlay, was a major part of the side that completed a third clean sweep six years later, but the brothers never played in the same Scotland team. Each represented the British and Irish Lions, Jim playing in the third test against New Zealand in Dunedin in 1983 and Finlay captaining the 1989 expedition to Australia.
The Calder name is now represented by Jim’s son Lewis, who captained Stewart’s Melville to glory in the Bell Lawrie Scottish Schools Cup in 2006 before spells with Newcastle Falcons and Exeter Chiefs. Also a back-row forward, the one-time Scotland under-20 captain is now with London Scottish.
Since hanging up his boots, Jim has been involved in several capacities with his old club Stewart’s Melville, as well as running his own headhunting firm in the capital. |
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