David Kerr (rugby union)

David Kerr

Birth name	David Simpson Kerr
Date of birth	(1899-02-03)3 February 1899
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	6 March 1969(1969-03-06) (aged 70)
Place of death	Edinburgh, 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 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.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Heriots.

Provincial career

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

International career

He received 10 caps for Scotland from 1923 to 1928.

Administrative career

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

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.