Английская Википедия:David Whyte (rugby union)
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David Whyte (21 February 1940 – 25 November 2021) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was also a noted Long Jumper and represented Scotland at the sport.[1]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Whyte went to primary at Castlehill in Cupar, before moving to Bell Baxter High School. He played for the high school side.[2]
He played a few times for Howe of Fife.[2]
He went to St. Andrews University to study English Language and Literature. He played for the University of St Andrews rugby union side and then captained the side.[2][3]
At Oxford University he studied for a Diploma in Education; and there he earned a blue and played rugby union for Oxford University.[2][3]
He played for Edinburgh Wanderers.[4][5]
He was part of their Sevens side which won the Miller Cup in the Edinburgh Charity Sevens of 1966, beating Oxford University in the final.[6]
Provincial career
He played for North and Midlands at the school level, before playing for their senior side.[2][5]
International career
He captained the Scottish Universities XV while at St. Andrews and Oxford Universities.[2][5]
He made a Barbarians debut in 1962, before being capped for Scotland.[2][5]
He received 13 caps for Scotland between 1965 and 1967.[7][5]
Athletics career
Amateur career
He represented Dundee Hawkhill Harriers. When he moved to Edinburgh, he then represented the Edinburgh Southern Harriers.[8][5]
International career
He represented both Scotland and Great Britain at the long jump.[8][5]
He won 3 Scottish Championship titles at long jump; and one at triple jump.[8][5]
He won the 1959 British Championship long jump at White City in London.[8][5]
Teaching career
He was a teacher at various schools in Scotland, including Strathallan School in Perthshire; and in 1983 became a rector of Golspie High School in Sutherland. He was a founder member of the East Sutherland Rotary Club.[9][3][8]
Death
In his eighties he moved back to Dunfermline to be closer to his family. He died in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy after a short illness.[9]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5 5,6 5,7 5,8 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 8,4 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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