Donald Kenneth Andrew MacKenzie (30 November 1916 – 12 June 1940, Edinburgh) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

His home club was Edinburgh Wanderers.[2][3]

Provincial career

He was capped for Edinburgh District.[3]

International career

He played for Scotland twice at number eight in the 1939 Home Nations Championship.[2][4]

Death

He was the first Scottish rugby internationalist to be killed in World War II.[2] He died in June 1940 when his Spitfire crashed near Edinburgh during a training flight.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Donald Kenneth Andrew Mackenzie". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b c Bath, p109
  3. ^ a b "Edinburgh Break Inter-City Rugby Spell". The Herald. Glasgow. 5 December 1938.
  4. ^ Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010
Sources
  1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)


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