David Lang (rugby union)
| 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]
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 side that played against the 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]
References[]
- ^ "David Lang". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18760228/032/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000355/18780216/104/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18780218/176/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Lang - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "Join Ancestry". www.ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ "FamilySearch".
- 1852 births
- Rugby union players from Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- West of Scotland District (rugby union) players
- Whites Trial players
- Paisley Football Club players