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Rugby player
David Bertram
Birth nameDavid Minto Bertram
Date of birth(1899-01-24)24 January 1899
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of death19 April 1975(1975-04-19) (aged 76)
Place of deathNairobi, Kenya
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Watsonians ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1921 Edinburgh District ()
1921 Scotland Probables ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1922-24 Scotland 11 (8)

David Bertram (24 January 1899 – 19 April 1975) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Bertram played for Watsonians.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District.

He played for Scotland Probables in their match against Provinces District on 10 December 1921, and for the Probables for their match against Scotland Possibles on 24 December 1921.

International career

He played for Scotland 11 times from 1922 to 1924.

Medical career

He became a doctor, along with brother, William Darling Bertram, in London.

Other interests

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. 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.

Family

His father was John Watson Bertram (1869-1944), and his mother was Margaret Bowie Darling (1873-1947).

References

  1. "David Minto Bertram". ESPN scrum.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. "Full Player List". Edinburgh Rugby.
  4. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19211215/042/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/19211229/039/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Bertram - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  7. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19570522/278/0012 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19570530/436/0014 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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