Frank Fasson


Francis Hamilton Fasson was a Scotland [national rugby union team|Scotland] international rugby union player. He played at Half back.

Life

He was the son of Charles Hamilton Fasson MD, Superintendent of Edinburgh [Royal Infirmary], by his second wife, Margaret Sarah Robertson, who died when Frank was five.
He trained as a lawyer and in 1910 is listed as Francis H. Fasson WS living at 10 Murrayfield Drive in West Edinburgh.
In the First World War he served as a Captain in the Scottish Horse regiment.
He died in Jedburgh on 23 October 1955.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Cambridge [University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge University].
He then played for London [Scottish F.C.|London Scottish] and Edinburgh Wanderers.

Provincial career

Fasson played for the Anglo-Scots in 1898–99 [Scottish Districts season|1898].

International career

He was capped 5 times for Scotland national rugby [union team|Scotland] from 1900 to 1902.

Family

He married Lilias Clara Bruce and was father to Tony Fasson a hero of the Second World War.