David Kerr (rugby union) explained
| David Kerr |
| Birth Name: | David Simpson Kerr |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Ru Position: | Prop |
| Amatyears1: | – |
| Amatteam1: | Heriots |
| Ru Provinceyears1: | 1923 |
| Ru Province1: | Edinburgh District |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repyears1: | 1923–28 |
| Repcaps1: | 10 |
| Reppoints1: | 6 |
| Module2: | | Embed: | yes | | Office: | President of the Scottish Rugby Union | | Term Start: | 1960 | | Term End: | 1961 | | Order: | 74th |
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David Kerr (3 February 1899 – 6 March 1969) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 74th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
Rugby union career
Amateur career
He played for Heriots.[2]
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.[3]
International career
He received 10 caps for Scotland from 1923 to 1928.[4]
Administrative career
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1960 to 1961.[5]
Military career
In the First World War he joined the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a 3rd Lieutenant. He went to France on 20 October 1918.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: David Simpson Kerr. Espnscrum.com. 1 June 2022.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
- Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. News.google.com. 1 June 2022.
- Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Kerr - Test matches. En.espn.co.uk.
- Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19. 2018-08-16. S3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. 2020-04-01. 16 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf. dead.
- Web site: Ancestry. Ancestry.co.uk. 1 June 2022.
