Rugby player
| Birth name | David Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1953-03-28)28 March 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 April 2009(2009-04-02) (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Ayr, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112.5 kg (248 lb; 17 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Gray (28 March 1953 – 2 April 2009) was a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played rugby at Kilmarnock Academy before playing for Kilmarnock.
He then played for West of Scotland.
Provincial career
He played for Ayrshire.
He played for Glasgow District. He was part of the Glasgow side that shared the 1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship with North and Midlands.
International career
He was capped by Scotland 'B' once, in 1978, against Italy 'B'.
He went on to receive 9 full senior caps for Scotland.
Civil Service career
He was a planner with South Ayrshire Council. One of his remits was mapping and opening up pathways; to ensure that the public had access to the countryside.
Death
Gray enjoyed pushing his body; and he completed the 205 mile Great Outdoors trek from Knoydart to the East Coast of Scotland in 2008. He was completing a training run at Dam Park, Ayr for the 2009 event when he died just as he was crossing the finish line. It was believed he suffered a massive heart attack.
References
- "David Gray". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "Click here to view the tribute page for DAVID GRAY". funeral-notices.co.uk.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Gray - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- "David Gray, Rugby internationalist". www.scotsman.com.
- Fullarton, Clair (9 April 2009). "Obituary: Kilmarnock rugby player David Gray". Daily Record.