David Kerr (rugby union)

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.[1]

David Kerr
Birth nameDavid Simpson Kerr
Date of birth(1899-02-03)3 February 1899
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death6 March 1969(1969-03-06) (aged 70)
Place of deathEdinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
– Heriots ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1923 Edinburgh District ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1923–28 Scotland 10 (6)
74th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office
1960–1961
Preceded byRanald Cuthbertson
Succeeded byRobert Ledingham

Rugby union career

Amateur career

He played for Heriots.[2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.[3]

International career

He received 10 caps for Scotland from 1923 to 1928.[4]

Administrative career

He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1960 to 1961.[5]

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.[6]

References
  1. "David Simpson Kerr". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003
  3. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Kerr - Test matches". En.espn.co.uk.
  5. "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). S3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  6. "Ancestry". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2022. (registration required)


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