Adam Kelso Fulton

Adam Kelso Fulton (10 April 1929 – 27 August 1994) was a Scottish rugby union internationalist. Positioned as scrum-half,[1] he was capped twice playing both games against France at Murrayfield in 1952[2] and 1954.[1][3][4] His association with the sport started at school, Dollar Academy,[1] where he was also a Scottish Schools' internationalist,[5] and continued with a number of teams including Edinburgh University,[1] Leamington RFC[6] and The Army.[7]

Adam Kelso Fulton
Date of birth(1929-04-10)10 April 1929
Date of death27 August 1994(1994-08-27) (aged 65)
SchoolDollar Academy
UniversityEdinburgh University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
  Leamington RFC, The Army ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1952-1954 Scotland 2

He worked at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh in the years he played for Scotland. Nurses remember him drying his kit in the scullary attached to the ward.

References
  1. Robson, Adam (1996). Edinburgh Borderers Rugby Football Club : seventy-fifth anniversary 1921-1996 : the saga of a club. Edinburgh Borderers Rugby Football Club Committee. p. 237. ISBN 0952917505.
  2. Thorburn, Sandy (1980). The history of Scottish rugby. London: Johnston & Bacon. p. 217. ISBN 0717942759.
  3. McLaren, Bill; et al. (1991). Douglas, Derek (ed.). Feet, Scotland, feet! : the book of Scottish rugby. Edinburgh: Mainstream Pub. p. 195. ISBN 1851584250.
  4. "ESPN Scottish Rugby Players".
  5. Mair, Norman. "Kelso Fulton: former rugby star". The Scotsman.
  6. "History of LRFC - 1950 to 1955".
  7. "The Army Medical Services Magazine". Vol. 8, no. 3. July 1955. p. 70.


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