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| Full name | George Gibson Lyall | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 May 1921 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Galashiels, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 May 1996 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||
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George Gibson Lyall (23 May 1921 — 10 May 1996) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Born in Galashiels, Lyall was a Gala hooker whose career was impacted by World War II, during which he served as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force. He was captured by Germany in 1944 and sent to a prisoner of war camp.[1]
Lyall represented Scotland in their unofficial internationals played in the immediate post war period, prior to gaining his maiden cap against the touring Wallabies at Murrayfield in 1947.[2] He was Scotland's hooker for all four matches of their 1948 Five Nations campaign.[3] A sciatica issue he picked up as a prisoner in Germany forced him to retire aged 30.[4]