David Gilbert-Smith

David Gilbert-Smith
Birth name David Stuart Gilbert-Smith
Date of birth (1931-12-03)3 December 1931
Place of birth Pune, India
Date of death 24 March 2003(2003-03-24) (aged 71)
Place of death Cheltenham, England
School St Edward's School, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
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National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1952
1 (0)

David Gilbert-Smith (3 December 1931 – 24 March 2003) was a former Scotland international rugby union player. Gilbert-Smith played as a flanker.[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Gilbert-Smith played for London Scottish.[2]

He also played for the Army Rugby Union side.[3]

International career

He was capped for Scotland once, in 1952, in the Five Nations Calcutta Cup match against England.[4]

Army career

He joined the Army in 1951.[3]

Gilbert-Smith won the Military Cross as a result of his bravery when with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in the Battle of the Hook in Korea in 1953.[3]

He fought in the battle alongside another Scotland international rugby player Mike Campbell-Lamerton. The two became lifelong friends.[5]

He also served in the SAS.[3]

Business career

Gilbert-Smith founded the Leadership trust.[3] He also worked as a Training Manager for Bulmers.

References

  1. ↑ "David Gilbert-Smith | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum". en.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  2. ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "David Gilbert-Smith - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Gilbert-Smith - Test matches". en.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  5. ↑ "» Day jobs and life after rugby, Part 3: Scotland and FranceRugbydata".
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