{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Jo Hume | image = | caption = | full_name = John William Gardner Hume | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|06|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Willesden, Middlesex, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|03|23|1906|06|13|df=y}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | occupation = | school = Mill Hill School | university = Merton College, Oxford | relatives = | position = Centre | repyears1 = 1928–30 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Scotland}} | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''John William Gardner Hume''' (13 June 1906 — 23 March 1976) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Born and raised in London, Hume was educated at Mill Hill School, where he learned his rugby, while also gaining colours for cricket and hockey.<ref>{{cite news |title=All-Round Hume |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19280130/237/0024 |work=Athletic News |date=30 January 1928}}</ref> He attended Merton College, Oxford, winning blues in the 1927 and 1928 Varsity Matches. Of Scottish descent, Hume was capped twice for Scotland as a centre three-quarter. He also represented Middlesex.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004848/19280217/458/0017 |work=Daily Express |date=17 February 1928}}</ref>
Hume served as a captain in the Royal Armoured Corps during World War II and was held as a German prisoner of war.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby Blue A Prisoner |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003330/19400907/144/0011 |work=Leicester Evening Mail |date=7 September 1940}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Scotland national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|3536}}
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