David Lang (rugby union)
| Birth name | David Lang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 August 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Lang (16 August 1852) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at the Forward position.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Lang played for the rugby union arm of the Paisley Football and Shinty Club, known as Paisley Football Club[2]
Provincial career
He was one of three Paisley players that made the West of Scotland District side to play the East of Scotland District on 26 February 1876.[3] He played for the West side again in the same fixture on 9 February 1878.[4]
He made the Whites Trial side that played against the Blues Trial side on 16 February 1878.[5]
International career
Lang was capped by Scotland twice, in the period 1876 to 1877.[6]
Family
He was the son of Robert Howard Lang and Jane Reid. He had brothers James, Howard and Robert; sisters Helen, Mary, Jane; and a half-sister Isabella. He married Margaret Galt and they had 5 children: Robert, John, Jean, David and Helen.[7]
Outside of rugby union
He became a dyer of fabrics in Paisley's cotton trade.[7]
Emigration
He emigrated to the United States and became a naturalised citizen in 1917 in Suffolk, New York.[8]
References
- ^ "David Lang". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Lang - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b www.ancestry.co.uk https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1108&h=2392561&usePUB=true&_phsrc=vKX5&_phstart=successSource&requr=2533575444430848&ur=0&gsfn=&gsln=&h=2392561.
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