Rugby player
| Birth name | Eric Bryce MacKay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1899-08-05)5 August 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kinning Park, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 July 1966(1966-07-23) (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | East Kilbride, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric MacKay (5 August 1899 – 23 July 1966) was a Scottish former international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Academicals. He was a Wing.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
MacKay played for Glasgow Academicals.
Provincial career
MacKay was capped by Glasgow District. He was part of the team that won the 1921-22 Inter-City against Edinburgh District.
MacKay played in an era where both Glasgow District and Edinburgh District were noted for having clever players in their back lines; and Glasgow backs were noted as 'a high a standard as Glasgow has attained at almost any stage in the series'.
International career
MacKay was capped 2 times for Scotland. His debut came in the Scotland v Wales match of 7 February 1920 at Inverleith.
References
- "Eric Bryce MacKay". ESPN scrum.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "The Story of Scottish Rugby". www.electricscotland.com.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Eric MacKay - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- "Scotland v Wales". ESPN scrum.
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