D. K. A. MacKenzie

Donald Mackenzie

Birth name	Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie
Date of birth	(1916-11-30)30 November 1916
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	12 June 1940(1940-06-12) (aged 23)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Edinburgh Wanderers () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - Edinburgh District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1939 Scotland 2 (0)

Donald Kenneth Andrew MacKenzie (30 November 1916 – 12 June 1940, Edinburgh) was a Scotland international rugby union player. ^[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

His home club was Edinburgh Wanderers. ^{[2] [3]}

Provincial career

He was capped for Edinburgh District. ^[3]

International career

He played for Scotland twice at number eight in the 1939 Home Nations Championship. ^{[2] [4]}

Death

He was the first Scottish rugby internationalist to be killed in World War II. ^[2] He died in June 1940 when his Spitfire crashed near Edinburgh during a training flight.

See also

• List of Scottish rugby union players killed in World War II

References

1. "Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie". ESPN scrum.
2. Bath, p109
3. "Edinburgh Break Inter-City Rugby Spell". The Herald. Glasgow. 5 December 1938.
4. Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010

Sources

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN   1-905326-24-6)