David Bertram | |
Birth Name: | David Minto Bertram |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1899 |
Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Death Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Amatyears1: | - |
Amatteam1: | Watsonians |
Repteam1: | Scotland |
Repyears1: | 1922-24 |
Repcaps1: | 11 |
Reppoints1: | 8 |
Province1: | Edinburgh District |
Province2: | Scotland Probables |
Provinceyears1: | 1921 |
Provinceyears2: | 1921 |
David Bertram (24 January 1899 – 19 April 1975) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Bertram played for Watsonians.[2]
He played for Edinburgh District.[3]
He played for Scotland Probables in their match against Provinces District on 10 December 1921,[4] and for the Probables for their match against Scotland Possibles on 24 December 1921.[5]
He played for Scotland 11 times from 1922 to 1924.[6]
He became a doctor, along with brother, William Darling Bertram, in London.
Both David and his brother William were car enthusiasts. David had a Triumph TR3 and William had a BMW Isetta. They entered the Lothian Car Gymkhana in 1957.[7] David, in his TR3, had the best performance in all the tests, with a time of 194.6 seconds; and winning the Class 3 open section.[8]
His father was John Watson Bertram (1869-1944), and his mother was Margaret Bowie Darling (1873-1947).