David Whyte (rugby union)

David Whyte

Birth name	David James Whyte
Date of birth	(1940-02-21)21 February 1940
Place of birth	Cupar, Scotland
Date of death	25 November 2021(2021-11-25) (aged 81)
Place of death	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
School	Bell Baxter High School
University	University of St Andrews St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Howe of Fife () – St Andrews University () – Oxford University () – Edinburgh Wanderers () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) North and Midlands () International career Years Team Apps (Points) Scottish Universities 1962-67 Barbarians 1965-67 Scotland 13 (0)

David Whyte (21 February 1940 – 25 November 2021) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was also a noted Long Jumper and represented Scotland at the sport.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Whyte went to primary at Castlehill in Cupar, before moving to Bell Baxter High School. He played for the high school side.

He played a few times for Howe of Fife.

He went to St. Andrews University to study English Language and Literature. He played for the University of St Andrews rugby union side and then captained the side.

At Oxford University he studied for a Diploma in Education; and there he earned a blue and played rugby union for Oxford University.

He played for Edinburgh Wanderers.

He was part of their Sevens side which won the Miller Cup in the Edinburgh Charity Sevens of 1966, beating Oxford University in the final.

Provincial career

He played for North and Midlands at the school level, before playing for their senior side.

International career

He captained the Scottish Universities XV while at St. Andrews and Oxford Universities.

He made a Barbarians debut in 1962, before being capped for Scotland.

He received 13 caps for Scotland between 1965 and 1967.

Athletics career

Amateur career

He represented Dundee Hawkhill Harriers. When he moved to Edinburgh, he then represented the Edinburgh Southern Harriers.

International career

He represented both Scotland and Great Britain at the long jump.

He won 3 Scottish Championship titles at long jump; and one at triple jump.

He won the 1959 British Championship long jump at White City in London.

Teaching career

He was a teacher at various schools in Scotland, including Strathallan School in Perthshire; and in 1983 became a rector of Golspie High School in Sutherland. He was a founder member of the East Sutherland Rotary Club.

Death

In his eighties he moved back to Dunfermline to be closer to his family. He died in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy after a short illness.