David McCowan explained

David McCowan

Birth Name:

David McCowan

Birth Date:

8 December 1860

Birth Place:

Ayr, Scotland

Death Place:

Glasgow, Scotland

Ru Position:

Forward

Ru Amateurclubs:

West of Scotland

Ru Provinceyears:

1880
1881

Ru Province:

Glasgow District
West of Scotland District

Ru Nationalteam:

Scotland

Ru Nationalyears:

1880-84

Ru Nationalcaps:

Ru Nationalpoints:

(1 try)

Module2:

Embed:	yes
Office:	President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Term Start:	1928
Term End:	1929
Order:	49th

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]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for West of Scotland.^[2]

Provincial career

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]

International career

He was capped 10 times for Scotland between 1880 and 1884.^[5]

Administrative career

He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1928 to 1929.^[6]

Outside of rugby

He was President of the Glasgow Unionist Association. He was knighted in 1927, and created a baronet in 1934.^[7]

Notes and References

http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/515.html David McCowan profile
The Essential History of Rugby Union:Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N6BEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4bUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6313%2C5920205 The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search
Web site: David McCowan. . 12 February 1881.
http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/515.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David McCowan - Test matches
Web site: Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 . . 30 March 2020 . 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: David McCowan . British Newspaper Archive. 17 May 1937.