Norman Mair

Who is Norman Mair?

Norman George Robertson Mair is a sports journalist and a former Scottish international rugby union and cricket player. He later became a journalist for The Scotsman on rugby and golf., and also wrote for Rugby World His daughter is Suzi Mair, who produces STV News at Six.

Mair has always been outspoken in his opinions. In the early fifties, for example, criticising the large number of new caps in each game in 1953 and 1954, he said that he consider the "inhabitants of lunatic asylums... had a fair grievance while the S.R.U. selectors walked around free and uncertified."

He was educated at Merchiston Castle School and the University of Edinburgh where he played for Edinburgh University RFC. He won four caps for the Scotland national rugby union team in 1951. He was inducted to the Scottish Rugby Hall of Fame in 2013. He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.