David Lang (rugby union)

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David Lang
Birth nameDavid Lang
Date of birth(1852-08-16)16 August 1852
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Paisley ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1876-78 West of Scotland District ()
1878 Whites Trial ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1876-77 Scotland 2 (0)

David Lang (16 August 1852) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at the Forward position. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Lang played for the rugby union arm of the Paisley Football and Shinty Club, known as Paisley Football Club [2]

Provincial career

He was one of three Paisley players that made the West of Scotland District side to play the East of Scotland District on 26 February 1876. [3] He played for the West side again in the same fixture on 9 February 1878. [4]

He made the Whites Trial side that played against the Blues Trial side on 16 February 1878. [5]

International career

Lang was capped by Scotland twice, in the period 1876 to 1877. [6]

Family

He was the son of Robert Howard Lang and Jane Reid. He had brothers James, Howard and Robert; sisters Helen, Mary, Jane; and a half-sister Isabella. He married Margaret Galt and they had 5 children: Robert, John, Jean, David and Helen. [7]

Outside of rugby union

He became a dyer of fabrics in Paisley's cotton trade. [7]

Emigration

He emigrated to the United States and became a naturalised citizen in 1917 in Suffolk, New York. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "David Lang". ESPN scrum.
  2. ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Register" . Retrieved 17 March 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Lang - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
  7. 1 2 "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "FamilySearch". FamilySearch .
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