Rugby player
| Birth name | David Lang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1852-08-16)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.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Lang played for the rugby union arm of the Paisley Football and Shinty Club, known as Paisley Football Club
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. He played for the West side again in the same fixture on 9 February 1878.
He made the Whites Trial side that played against the Blues Trial side on 16 February 1878.
International career
Lang was capped by Scotland twice, in the period 1876 to 1877.
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.
Outside of rugby union
He became a dyer of fabrics in Paisley's cotton trade.
Emigration
He emigrated to the United States and became a naturalised citizen in 1917 in Suffolk, New York.
References
- "David Lang". ESPN scrum.
- The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Lang - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.co.uk.
- "FamilySearch". FamilySearch.