Eric MacKay (5 August 1899 – 23 July 1966) was a Scottish former international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Academicals. He was a Wing.[1]
Birth name | Eric Bryce MacKay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 August 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kinning Park, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 23 July 1966 | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | East Kilbride, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editMacKay played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
Provincial career
editMacKay was capped by Glasgow District.[3] He was part of the team that won the 1921-22 Inter-City against Edinburgh District.[4]
MacKay played in an era where both Glasgow District and Edinburgh District were noted for having clever players in their back lines; and Glasgow backs were noted as 'a high a standard as Glasgow has attained at almost any stage in the [Inter-City] series'.[5]
International career
editMacKay was capped 2 times for Scotland.[6] His debut came in the Scotland v Wales match of 7 February 1920 at Inverleith.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Eric Bryce MacKay". ESPN scrum.
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "The Story of Scottish Rugby". www.electricscotland.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Eric MacKay - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Scotland v Wales". ESPN scrum.