| David Lang | |
| Birth Name: | David Lang |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1852 |
| Birth Place: | Paisley, Scotland |
| Position: | Forward |
| Amatteam1: | Paisley |
| Provinceyears1: | 1876-78 |
| Provinceyears2: | 1878 |
| Province1: | West of Scotland District |
| Province2: | Whites Trial |
| Repteam1: | Scotland |
| Repcaps1: | 2 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Repyears1: | 1876-77 |
David Lang (16 August 1852) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at the Forward position.[1]
Lang played for the rugby union arm of the Paisley Football and Shinty Club, known as Paisley Football Club[2]
He was one of three Paisley players that made the West of Scotland District side to play the East of Scotland District on 26 February 1876.[3] He played for the West side again in the same fixture on 9 February 1878.[4]
He made the Whites Trial side that played against the Blues Trial side on 16 February 1878.[5]
Lang was capped by Scotland twice, in the period 1876 to 1877.[6]
He was the son of Robert Howard Lang and Jane Reid. He had brothers James, Howard and Robert; sisters Helen, Mary, Jane; and a half-sister Isabella. He married Margaret Galt and they had 5 children: Robert, John, Jean, David and Helen.[7]
He became a dyer of fabrics in Paisley's cotton trade.[7]
He emigrated to the United States and became a naturalised citizen in 1917 in Suffolk, New York.[8]