Derek Brown (23 December 1932 - 12 July 2013) was a Scottish rugby union player.
[2] He was in direct competition with Adam Robson of Hawick and Ken Smith of Kelso for a Scotland place.
He shared a barrack room with the future Scotland football manager Ally MacLeod.
[4] He ran his family joinery business, taking over when his father died.
Peter Brown picked Brown in his best uncapped XV for Scotland: All these years they brought folk up from London Scottish to be one-cap-wonders, and there was Derek sitting under their noses at Melrose being overlooked again and again.
Anyone who played against him will vouch that he was the most combative guy, non-stop energy and just a terrific all-round player.