| Birth name | Alexander Inglis Aitken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 January 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 July 1925 (aged 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Aitken (8 January 1869 – 7 July 1925) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
Aitken played club rugby for Edinburgh Institution F.P. [2]
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1888 inter-city match. [2]
He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 26 January 1889. [3]
He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1889. He played in the match against Ireland on 16 February. [4]
His father was Alexander Dunn Aitken (1818–1902) and his mother was Elizabeth Smith McClelland (1832-1915). He was one of their ten children.
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