Scotty Baird

David Lindsay "Scotty" Baird (26 July 1895 — 26 July 1943) was a New Zealand international rugby union player.

Scotty Baird

Full name	David Lindsay Baird
Date of birth	(1895-07-26)26 July 1895
Place of birth	Gore, New Zealand
Date of death	26 July 1943(1943-07-26) (aged 48)
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation(s)	Coal miner
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing-forward Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Southland () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1920 New Zealand

Born in Gore, Baird was a wing-forward, selected by the All Blacks to tour New South Wales in 1920. He made nine uncapped appearances for the All Blacks that year, debuting in a warm-up match against Auckland, before playing all three "internationals" against the NSW Waratahs, which at the time were Australia's sole representative team. On his return to New Zealand, Baird featured for the All Blacks as a centre in a match against Wellington.^[1]

Baird, an Invercargill Star player, captained the Southland team that beat Wellington in 1920 to claim the Ranfurly Shield, marking the first occasion a South Island union had held the shield.^[2]

In 1943, Baird died in a coal mining accident at Nightcaps.^[3]

See also

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players

References

1. "Scotty Baird #216". stats.allblacks.com.
2. "Death of Former All Black". Southland Times. 27 July 1943.
3. "Personal". Wairarapa Times-Age. 31 July 1943.

External links

• Scotty Baird at ESPNscrum