William Young (7 May 1916 - 25 April 2013)[1] was born in Ardrossan and was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Along with Maurice Daly of Ireland, he is one of only two people to have been capped by a major rugby playing nation and by East Africa.
Murdoch, he was one of only two Scottish players to be capped on either side of World War II, giving him one of the longest international careers on record.
[5] John "Jack" Heaton[6] and Thomas Arthur "Tommy" Kemp[7] also achieved this feat for England.
He attended City of London School and studied medicine at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.