Edwin Henriksen

Edwin Henriksen (14 May 1929 – 20 September 2000) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a No. 8.^[1]

Henriksen played for Royal HSFP.^[2]
He also played Sevens for Royal HSFP in the 1950 Hawick Sevens tournament.^[3]

Henriksen played for a 'Rest of Edinburgh' side against Heriots FP on 19 April 1950.^[4] He was later selected for Edinburgh District to play in Inter-City match against Glasgow District in December 1950.^[5] In 1951 Edwin Henriksen played in a joint Glasgow-Edinburgh 'Cities XV' against South Africa.^[6] That same year he was selected for the Co-Optimists in 1951.^[7]

He was involved in the trial match for Scotland selection on 17 December 1949 when the Kelvinside-West forward R.C. Taylor was injured.^[8] Henriksen played for the 'Rest of Scotland' side.^[9][10] In 1953 he was capped for Scotland once. Henriksen played in the Five Nations match against Ireland at Murrayfield Stadium on 28 February.^[11]

Shortly after playing for Scotland Henriksen emigrated to the United States of America on 27 May 1953.^{[citation needed]}

He later moved to Canada in 1958.^{[citation needed]}