Richard Aitkin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Born | 29 June 1914 Dunbar, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died | North Berwick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Richard Aitken was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Aitken served in the Royal Navy and joined London Scottish in 1945 after being posted to Nore Command.[1] A tireless prop, Aitken featured in the Victory Internationals, before earning his solitary Scotland cap in 1947, playing a Five Nations match against Wales at Murrayfield.[2] He was subsequently sent on overseas service with the Navy.[3]