David Bertram

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

David Bertram (24 January 1899 – 19 April 1975) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Bertram played for Watsonians. [2]

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District. [3]

He played for Scotland Probables in their match against Provinces District on 10 December 1921, [4] and for the Probables for their match against Scotland Possibles on 24 December 1921. [5]

International career

He played for Scotland 11 times from 1922 to 1924. [6]

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. [7] 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. [8]

Family

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

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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)