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Scotland international rugby union player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 66) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | East Kilbride, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MacKay played for Glasgow Academicals.[2]
MacKay 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]
MacKay was capped 2 times for Scotland.[6] His debut came in the Scotland v Wales match of 7 February 1920 at Inverleith.[7]
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