Joe Andrew, a prominent physical education teacher and rugby figure in Dundee, has died at the age of 87.
Mr Andrew’s talents extended to jazz and art.
He played with the East Coast Jazzmen and, as a watercolour artist, he exhibited landscapes in galleries in Dunkeld and Broughty Ferry.
Originally from Glasgow, Mr Andrew studied PE at Jordanhill College and, after National Service with The Black Watch, he gained his first teaching post at Harris Academy in Dundee.
It was there that he met his wife Ailsa, then a student PE teacher. The couple married and made what became their lifelong home together in Strathmartine Road.
After Harris Mr Andrew moved on to Stobswell Secondary School and was there until it closed in 1976. He was then appointed principal PE teacher at the new Monifieth High and held the post until he retired in 1985.
Rugby was a passion and he was chosen for the North of Scotland team to play the Springboks in 1951. He was a player and founder member of Stobswell RFC and was in the team that won the Midlands Sevens in 1951.
There will be a minute’s silence in his memory before their game against Perthshire this weekend.
Jazz was another interest. He composed his own music and taught himself to play piano, double bass and bass guitar, performing with the East Coast Jazzmen.
He also played as a soloist in cocktail bar settings in the former Angus and Hilton Hotels in Dundee.
The Andrews celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary last year and were visited by Lord Provost Bob Duncan to mark the occasion.
As well as Mrs Andrew, Mr Andrew is survived by a son, daughter and grandchildren. He also has relatives in the US through his late sister May, who emigrated to Pennsylvania.