Gavin Hastings (born January 3, 1962 in Edinburgh) of Watsonians , Cambridge University, Scotland and the British Lions was an outstanding rugby player of his generation. He played full back, and captained the Lions on the tour to New Zealand in 1993. He is the all-time record points scorer in the Scotland national rugby union team. Nickname: "Big Gav".

Gavin was a worthy successor to the great Andy Irvine as Scotland's top full back. He is the elder brother of Scott Hastings.

In 1996 Hastings made an initially controversial decision to accept an invitation to switch to American football with the Scottish Claymores of the WLAF. However, Hastings' brief spell in his new code would be a successful one, as the Claymores won that year's World Bowl at the home of Scottish Rugby, Murrayfield Stadium.

External Links

• Gavin Hastings on the Scotsman website

• Gavin Hastings on the Sporting Heroes website.