Donald Mackenzie | |
Birth Date: | 30 November 1916 |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Death Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Ru Position: | Number 8 |
Amatyears1: | - |
Amatteam1: | Edinburgh Wanderers |
Ru Provinceyears1: | - |
Repteam1: | Scotland |
Repyears1: | 1939 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Donald Kenneth Andrew MacKenzie (30 November 1916 – 12 June 1940, Edinburgh) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
His home club was Edinburgh Wanderers.[2]
He was capped for Edinburgh District.[2]
He played for twice at number eight in the 1939 Home Nations Championship.[3] [4]
He was the first Scottish rugby internationalist to be killed in World War II.[3] He died in June 1940 when his Spitfire crashed near Edinburgh during a training flight.