Richard Aitken | |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1914 |
Birth Place: | Dunbar, Scotland |
Death Place: | North Berwick, Scotland |
Position: | Prop |
Repyears1: | 1947 |
Repcaps1: | 1 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Richard Aitken was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Aitken served in the Royal Navy and joined London Scottish in 1945 after being posted to Nore Command.[1] A tireless prop, Aitken featured in the Victory Internationals, before earning his solitary Scotland cap in 1947, playing a Five Nations match against Wales at Murrayfield.[2] He was subsequently sent on overseas service with the Navy.[3]