David Robertson (golfer)
Player information | ||
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Full name | David Donaldson Robertson | |
birthday | March 21, 1869 | |
place of birth | Shawlands , Scotland | |
date of death | September 13, 1937 | |
Place of death | Ashbury , England | |
society | ||
society | Career ended | |
position | Inner three quarters | |
Clubs as active | ||
Years | society | Games (points) |
Cambridge University | () | |
National team | ||
Years | National team | Games (points) |
1893 | Scotland | 1 (0) |
David Robertson medal table |
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Great Britain | ||
Olympic games | ||
bronze | Paris 1900 | singles |
David Donaldson Robertson (born March 21, 1869 in Shawlands , today: part of Glasgow , † September 13, 1937 in Ashbury , Berkshire , England ) was a Scottish golf and rugby player .
Life
David Robertson was born in Shawland, now a part of Glasgow, to the wine merchant William Aleander Robertson . He first attended the Haileybury and Imperial Service College in Hertfordshire and later the Glasgow Academy . He studied at the University of Glasgow before moving to Christ's College Cambridge in 1889 . In 1893 he completed his bachelor's degree and joined in 1895 as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn .
With the outbreak of World War I , Robertson joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve .
Sports career
golf
At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 Robertson won the individual silver medal.
rugby
Robertson first appeared as a rugby player for the University of Cambridge in the varsity match in 1892 . In 1893 he was nominated for an international match for the Scottish national team against Wales . The Welsh won 9-0, after which some players, including Robertson, were eliminated. He never represented Scotland in rugby again.
Web links
- David Robertson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fletcher Robinson & Rugby (Part VI) ( Memento from August 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ David Robertson player profile. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Robertson, David |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robertson, David Donaldson (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish golf and rugby player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1869 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shawlands , Scotland |
DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1937 |
Place of death | Ashbury , Berkshire , England |