Lewis Calder (born ) is a professional
Rugby Union
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player who played flanker for
London Scottish, retiring in 2014 due to injury. Previously, Calder
captained the Scotland U21 side and represented the
Scotland Sevens
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in 2010.
He is a former pupil of
Stewart's Melville College
Stewart's Melville College (SMC) is an independent day and boarding school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Classes are all boys in the 1st to 5th years and co-educational in Sixth (final) year. It has a roll of about 750 pupils.
The school is twinned w ...
and has had spells with the
Newcastle Falcons
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The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football C ...
and the
Exeter Chiefs
Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) is an English professional rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded in 1871 and since 2006 has played its home m ...
.
Calder is the son of
1984 Five Nations Championship
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Grand Slam
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Winner
Jim Calder and nephew of former
British Lions captain
Finlay Calder
Finlay Calder OBE (born 20 August 1957) is a Scotland international former rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Born in Haddington, East Lothian and educated at Stewart's Melville College,
Calder played at open side flan ...
.
References
1988 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
People educated at Stewart's Melville College
Scotland international rugby sevens players
Male rugby sevens players
Alumni of Durham University
Durham University RFC players
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