David Morton (rugby union)
{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = David Simson Morton
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1861|07|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age |1937|05|07|1861|07|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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| ru_position = Forward
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| amatteam1 = West of Scotland
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| provinceyears1 = 1886
| province1 = Glasgow District
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| repteam1 = Scotland
| repyears1 = 1887-90
| repcaps1 = 9
| reppoints1 = 3
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| refereeyears1 = 1891-92
| refereeyears2 = 1891-92
| refereeyears3 = 1893
| refereecomps1 = Scottish Districts
| refereecomps2 = Scottish Unofficial Championship
| refereecomps3 = Home Nations
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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union
| term_start = 1892
| term_end = 1893
| predecessor = Thomas Ainslie
| successor = Leslie Balfour-Melville
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| order = 20th
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David Morton (23 July 1861 – 7 May 1937) was a Scotland international rugby union player. After his playing career, he became a rugby union referee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/796.html|title=David Simson Morton|website=ESPN scrum}}
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
=Provincial career=
=International career=
Morton was capped for Scotland from 1887; and played in 4 Home Nation Championships; the last being in 1890. Making 9 appearances, he scored 3 tries - this was an era when scoring a try only earned a single point.
=Referee career=
Morton refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1891.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18911012/046/0010 |title=Register |access-date=March 17, 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
He refereed the Inter-City match between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District in 1891 and 1892.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4rxEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GbYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3214,6057981|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=4 December 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AJJEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jLUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3242,7102638|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}
He refereed in the match between Wales and England in the 1893 Home Nations tournament.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/match/18986.html|title=Wales v England|website=ESPN scrum}}
=Administrative career=
Morton became the 20th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the 1892-93 term in office.{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19 |date= |website=Scottish Rugby |access-date=20 March 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Glasgow District (rugby union) players
Category:West of Scotland FC players
Category:Scottish rugby union referees
Category:Scottish Districts referees
Category:Scottish Unofficial Championship referees
Category:Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union
Category:Rugby union players from Glasgow
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