Birth name | Robert Miln Neill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 September 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 14 September 1914 | (aged 32)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Edinburgh Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Chartered accountant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Miln Neil (5 September 1882 – 14 September 1914) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1][2] He went to Edinburgh Academy and also played for Edinburgh Academicals.[1][2] He was on the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa.[1][2] Gillespie was a chartered accountant by profession; he died in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya of appendicitis.[2]