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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1937 Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 August 1998 (aged 61) Colchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | singles, doubles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cazinove BC, Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Scrymgeour McCoig (18 March 1937 – 31 August 1998) was a Scottish badminton player who won numerous national and international titles from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s.
Biography
McCoig was educated at Greenock High School and studied at the University of Glasgow.[1]
McCoig captured a record fifteen Scottish National singles titles,[2] as well as several Scottish Open singles titles, his greatest international victories came in doubles. He was especially successful in three North American forays which yielded a pair of U.S. Open men's doubles titles (1963, 1965), a pair of Canadian Open men's doubles titles (1963, 1969), and the mixed doubles title of each nation in 1965.[3] With Muriel Woodcock (née Ferguson) McCoig was runner-up in mixed doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1968.[4] He represented Scotland in seven consecutive Thomas Cup (men's international team) campaigns from 1957 to 1976.
He represented the Scotland team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, in the singles, doubles and mixed doubles events.[5] He won a mixed doubles bronze medal with Muriel Ferguson and was living at Woodhouse Avenue in Perivale at the time.[6]
McCoig received an award of the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services rendered to Scottish badminton.[7]
McCoig died in 1998 at the age of 61.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Robert McCoig". Herald Scotland. 5 September 1998. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England (Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 157.
- ^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 137,138,313,314.
- ^ Scheele, 168.
- ^ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ "Bronze for McCoig". Middlesex County Times. 12 August 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 11 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Scheele, H. A. E., ed. (August 1975). "On the side lines: Some notes and news from all parts" (PDF). World Badminton (21 ed.). p. 9. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
External links
- Bob McCoig at Team Scotland
