| Birth name | David Lang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 August 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Lang (16 August 1852) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at the Forward position. [1]
Lang played for the rugby union arm of the Paisley Football and Shinty Club, known as Paisley Football Club [2]
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]
Lang was capped by Scotland twice, in the period 1876 to 1877. [6]
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]
He became a dyer of fabrics in Paisley's cotton trade. [7]
He emigrated to the United States and became a naturalised citizen in 1917 in Suffolk, New York. [8]