| Birth name | Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 November 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 12 June 1940 (aged 23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Kenneth Andrew MacKenzie (30 November 1916 – 12 June 1940, Edinburgh) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
His home club was Edinburgh Wanderers.[2][3]
Provincial career
He was capped for Edinburgh District.[3]
International career
He played for Scotland twice at number eight in the 1939 Home Nations Championship.[2][4]
Death
He was the first Scottish rugby internationalist to be killed in World War II.[2] He died in June 1940 when his Spitfire crashed near Edinburgh during a training flight.
See also
References
- ↑ "Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie". ESPN scrum.
- 1 2 3 Bath, p109
- 1 2 "Edinburgh Break Inter-City Rugby Spell". The Herald. Glasgow. 5 December 1938.
- ↑ Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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