{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Malcolm Swan | image = | caption = | birth_name = Malcolm William Swan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|12|04|df=y}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | position = Lock | amatyears1 = 1957 | amatyears2 = 1958- | amatteam1 = Oxford University | amatteam2 = London Scottish | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | provinceyears1 = 1957 | provinceyears2 = 1957 | province1 = Whites Trial | province2 = Scotland Probables | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | repteam1 = Scotland | repyears1 = 1958-59 | repcaps1 = 8 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | school = Fettes College | module = }}
'''Malcolm Swan''' (born 4 December 1934) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/6209.html|title=Malcolm William Swan|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
He went to Fettes College and captained their 1st XV rugby side. He left the college at Christmas 1954.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19571230/296/0009|title=Register|url-access=subscription|accessdate=2023-09-27|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
He played for Oxford University, gaining his blue in 1957.<ref name="auto">The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.</ref>
He then moved on to London Scottish.<ref name="auto"/> He made his debut for Scottish against London Welsh in January 1958.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003215/19580123/157/0009|title=Register|url-access=subscription|accessdate=2023-09-27|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
===Provincial career===
He played for Whites Trial against Blues Trial on 14 December 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19571216&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
He was said to impress in that match and that aided his selection for Scotland Probables in the final trial match against Scotland Possibles on 28 December 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19571230&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
===International career===
He was capped 8 times for Scotland between 1958–1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/6209.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Malcolm Swan - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
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