Birth name | David Simpson Kerr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 February 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 6 March 1969 | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. [1]
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match. [3]
He received 10 caps for Scotland from 1923 to 1928. [4]
He was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1960 to 1961. [5]
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]