# Robert Neilson
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{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
{{distinguish|Robert Nelson (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Nelson}}
{{for|New Zealand rugby player|Bob Neilson}}
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Robert Neilson
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| birth_name = Robert Thomson Neilson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|11|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Bothwell](/source/Bothwell), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|07|16|1878|11|17|df=y}}
| death_place = [Prestwick](/source/Prestwick), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
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| position = [Half back](/source/Half-back_(rugby_union))
| amatyears1 =
| amatteam1 = [West of Scotland](/source/West_of_Scotland_F.C.)
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| province1 = [Glasgow District](/source/Glasgow_District_(rugby_union))
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| repteam1 = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team)
| repyears1 = 1898–1900
| repcaps1 = 6
| reppoints1 = 0
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| module2 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes
| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union
| term_start = 1923
| term_end = 1924
| predecessor = [Herbert Dixon](/source/Herbert_Dixon_(rugby_union))
| successor = [Robert Campbell MacKenzie](/source/Robert_Campbell_MacKenzie)
| prior_term =
| order = 44th
}}
}}
'''Robert Neilson''' (17 November 1874 – 16 July 1945[{{Cite news |date=28 July 1945 |title=Mr R.T. Neilson |work=The Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser |pages=11}}][{{Cite news |date=19 July 1945 |title=Deaths |work=The Daily Telegraph |pages=6}}]) was a [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player.[Bath, p137][{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/1283.html|title = Robert Thomson Neilson}}]
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
He also played for [West of Scotland FC](/source/West_of_Scotland_FC).[{{cite web| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PoxEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RbUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3794%2C5994353| title = The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search}}]
===Provincial career===
He was capped for [Glasgow District](/source/Glasgow_District_(rugby_union)) in [1898](/source/1898%E2%80%9399_Scottish_Districts_season).[{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/1283.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title=Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Robbie Neilson – Test matches}}]
===Administrative career===
He was [President](/source/President_of_the_Scottish_Rugby_Union) of the [Scottish Rugby Union](/source/Scottish_Rugby_Union) for the period 1923 to 1924.[{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 |date= |website=[Scottish Rugby](/source/Scottish_Rugby)}}]
==Family==
His father was James Neilson, an Ironmaster and second cousin of [Walter Montgomerie Neilson](/source/Walter_Montgomerie_Neilson) and his mother was Jane Thomson, daughter of [George Thomson](/source/George_Thomson_(Shipbuilder)), the famous Glasgow shipbuilder. He attended [Merchiston Castle School](/source/Merchiston_Castle_School). An engineer by profession he was a director of the Summerlee Iron Company Ltd.[ In 1891, he made his debut, along with his brother George in the game against {{nrut|Wales}} – it is the only time that brothers have debuted together for Scotland, with the exception of the joint debut of [Gavin](/source/Gavin_Hastings) and [Scott Hastings](/source/Scott_Hastings_(rugby_union)).][Bath, p97] One of the four Neilson brothers played in each of the twenty five matches between Willie and George's debut in 1891, until 1899, when Robert had to withdraw from the [Calcutta Cup](/source/Calcutta_Cup) line-up after breaking his nose.[ Robert played another match in 1900.][
Along with his brothers, Willie and George, he was a president of the [Scottish Rugby Union](/source/Scottish_Rugby_Union). At the time of his death, he was Scotland's sole representative on the International Board of Rugby.]