| Birth name | David Minto Bertram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 January 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 April 1975 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Bertram (24 January 1899 – 19 April 1975) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
Bertram played for Watsonians.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
He played for Edinburgh District.[3]
He played for Scotland Probables in their match against Provinces District on 10 December 1921,[4] and for the Probables for their match against Scotland Possibles on 24 December 1921.[5]
International career[edit]
He played for Scotland 11 times from 1922 to 1924.[6]
Medical career[edit]
He became a doctor, along with brother, William Darling Bertram, in London.
Other interests[edit]
Both David and his brother William were car enthusiasts. David had a Triumph TR3 and William had a BMW Isetta. They entered the Lothian Car Gymkhana in 1957.[7] David, in his TR3, had the best performance in all the tests, with a time of 194.6 seconds; and winning the Class 3 open section.[8]
Family[edit]
His father was John Watson Bertram (1869-1944), and his mother was Margaret Bowie Darling (1873-1947).[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "David Minto Bertram". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Full Player List". Edinburgh Rugby.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19211215/042/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19211229/039/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Bertram - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19570522/278/0012 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19570530/436/0014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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