Doddie Weir

Doddie Weir
OBE
Birth name	George Wilson Weir
Date of birth	4 July 1970
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	26 November 2022 (aged 52)
Place of death	Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Spouse	Kathy Weir (m. 1997–his death)
Children	3; Hamish, Angus, Ben
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1988–1989; 1989–1995;	Stewart's Melville; Melrose;
Senior career
Years	Team
1995–2002; 2002–2005;	Newcastle Falcons; Border Reivers;
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1992	Reds Trial
International career
Years	Team
1989; 1990–2000; 2001;	Scotland B; Scotland; Scotland A;

George Wilson "Doddie" Weir OBE (4 July 1970 – 26 November 2022) was a Scottish rugby union player who played as a lock. He made 61 international appearances for the Scotland national team and represented the British & Irish Lions.

With the change to professional rugby, he was recruited to Newcastle Falcons playing 1997–2002 and he captained the club. He returned to the Borders in 2002 but retired from professional rugby in 2004. In 2016 he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND).

He became involved with campaigning and fundraising, setting up a foundation named "My Name'5 Doddie" which had raised £8 million for MND research by the time that he died from this condition. The Doddie Weir Cup is named after him.

^ "Who We Are: Our People". My Name '5 Doddie Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

[1] "Who We Are: Our People". My Name '5 Doddie Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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