| David McCowan | |||||||||||
| Birth Name: | David McCowan | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1860 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Ayr, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||
| Position: | Forward | ||||||||||
| Amatteam1: | West of Scotland | ||||||||||
| Provinceyears1: | 1880 | ||||||||||
| Provinceyears2: | 1881 | ||||||||||
| Province1: | Glasgow District | ||||||||||
| Province2: | West of Scotland District | ||||||||||
| Repteam1: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Repyears1: | 1880-84 | ||||||||||
| Repcaps1: | 10 | ||||||||||
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Sir David McCowan, 1st Baronet, (8 December 1860 – 15 May 1937) was a Scottish insurance broker and Scotland international rugby union player. He later became the 49th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
He played for West of Scotland.[2]
He played in the inter-city match for Glasgow District in December 1880.[3] He played for West of Scotland District in February 1881.[4]
He was capped 10 times for Scotland between 1880 and 1884.[5]
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1928 to 1929.[6]
He was President of the Glasgow Unionist Association. He was knighted in 1927, and created a baronet in 1934.[7]