[1] After graduating from Cambridge, Scotland's career took him to work in Tamworth, he joined Leicester Tigers, making his debut against Bath in September 1961.
That experience of playing fly-half added another dimension to his game, and he soon emerged as the first true attacking full-back in an age where a safety-first attitude and a large boot were the most important attributes for any No.
[13] The Offside Line writes:[8] He was a physically slight man by the standards of modern professional rugby players, but a giant of the game on a global level during his pomp in the late 1950s and early 1960s, creating a legacy which has endured to this day.
Before [Ken] Scotland, full-backs attacked from deep off kicked ball, but he helped revolutionise the position as one of the first of the breed to join the back-line as a strike-runner.
The modest and softly-spoken Scotland was an unlikely rugby revolutionary, and his role in glamourising the full-back position had a lot to do with circumstance.
It should be said that the conviction with which he embraced the new role reflected a steely determination and powerful competitive instinct which was not apparent in his off-field demeanour.
Tom Kiernan was being interviewed on the occasion of his fiftieth cap for Ireland, and was asked who he thought was the greatest rugby player of his time, and replied,:"Ken Scotland.
"[4] Allan Massie (who attended Trinity College, Cambridge, at the same time as Scotland) puts him in a class with Jackie Kyle, Mike Gibson and Barry John,[9] and says: "His sense of position was very fine, sometimes uncanny; it was very rare to see him caught out, and he played in the days when full-backs received even more bombardment than they do now...
He wasn't of course the first to refuse to be restricted to a fielding, tackling and kicking role, but not even the great New Zealander Bob Scott had brought the same spirit of intelligent adventure to the position.