D.K.A. MacKenzie
Encyclopedia
Donald Kenneth Andrew MacKenzie (November 30, 1916-June 12, 1940, Edinburgh
) was a Scottish international rugby union
player, who played for twice at number eight in the 1939 Home Nations Championship
. He was the first Scottish rugby internationalist to be killed in World War II.
His home club was Edinburgh Wanderers
.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
) was a Scottish international rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player, who played for twice at number eight in the 1939 Home Nations Championship
1939 Home Nations Championship
The 1939 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fifth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six...
. He was the first Scottish rugby internationalist to be killed in World War II.
His home club was Edinburgh Wanderers
Murrayfield Wanderers RFC
Murrayfield Wanderers Football Club are a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland.Formed in 1997 after the amalgamation of Murrayfield RFC and Edinburgh Wanderers FC, both clubs brought together a long history of rugby excellence which can trace its roots back to 1868 when the Edinburgh...
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Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1905326246)
- player profile on scrum.com