David Lang (rugby union)
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David Lang (16 August 1852) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at the Forward position.[1]
Amateur career
Lang played for the rugby union arm of the Paisley Football and Shinty Club, known as Paisley Football Club[2]
Provincial career
He was one of three Paisley players who made the West of Scotland District side to play the East of Scotland District on 26 February 1876.[3] He played for the West side again in the same fixture on 9 February 1878.[4]
He made the Whites Trial side that played against the Blues Trial side on 16 February 1878.[5]
International career
Lang was capped by Scotland twice, in the period 1876 to 1877.[6]
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.[7]