D. K. A. MacKenzie

Donald Mackenzie
Birth name	Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie
Date of birth	30 November 1916
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	12 June 1940 (aged 23)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Number 8
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
-	Edinburgh Wanderers
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
-	Edinburgh District
International career
Years	Team
1939	Scotland

Donald Kenneth Andrew MacKenzie (30 November 1916 – 12 June 1940, Edinburgh) was a Scotland international rugby union player.^[1]

Rugby Union career[edit]

Amateur career[edit]

His home club was Edinburgh Wanderers.^[2]^[3]

Provincial career[edit]

He was capped for Edinburgh District.^[3]

International career[edit]

He played for Scotland twice at number eight in the 1939 Home Nations Championship.^[2]^[4]

Death[edit]

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.

References[edit]

^ "Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie". ESPN scrum.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bath, p109
^ ^a ^b "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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[1] "Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie". ESPN scrum.

[Bath1-2] Bath, p109

[auto-3] "Edinburgh Break Inter-City Rugby Spell". The Herald. Glasgow. 5 December 1938.

[Scrum-4] Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010

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