David Bertram (24 January 1899 – 19 April 1975) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Birth name | David Minto Bertram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 January 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 April 1975 | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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]