David McLaren Bain

{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}

{{other people|David Bain}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|09|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|06|03|1891|09|10|df=y}}

| death_place = France

| death_cause = In action in World War I

| nationality = Scottish

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| occupation = Rugby union player

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| father = William Bain

| mother = Edith Frederika McLaren Bain

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Capt. David McLaren Bain (10 September 1891 – 3 June 1915) was a {{nrut|Scotland}} rugby union player.

Bain was born in Edinburgh, to William Bain and Edith Frederika McLaren Bain.Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 He played for Oxford University RFC and was capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} in 1911–14. Bain captained Scotland against {{nrut|Wales}} in 1914.

He was killed in France in World War I, while serving with the Gordon Highlanders.Bath, p. 109{{Cite web | url = http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/An-entire-team-wiped-out.5804230.jp |title = An entire team wiped out by the Great War | work= The Scotsman| date= 6 November 2009 | accessdate = 31 May 2016 }}