Rugby player
| Birth name | David Simpson Kerr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1899-02-03)3 February 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 March 1969(1969-03-06) (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 74th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1960–1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ranald Cuthbertson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Robert Ledingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
He played for Heriots.
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.
International career
He received 10 caps for Scotland from 1923 to 1928.
Administrative career
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1960 to 1961.
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.
References
- "David Simpson Kerr". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Kerr - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk.
- "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). S3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. 16 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Ancestry". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2022. (registration required)
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