Ernest Simson

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| name = Ernest Simson

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| full_name = Ernest David Simson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|03|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1910|07|22|1882|03|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Nowshera, India

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| school = Merchiston Castle School

| university = University of Edinburgh

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| position = Halfback

| repyears1 = 1902–07

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Scotland}}

| repcaps1 = 17

| reppoints1 = 16

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Ernest David Simson (13 March 1882 — 22 July 1910) was a Scottish international rugby union player.

Born in Edinburgh, Simson attended Merchiston Castle School and the University of Edinburgh.{{cite news |title=The Late Captain E. D. Simson |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19100725/212/0006 |work=The Scotsman |date=25 July 1910}}

Simson was halfback and captain of Edinburgh University RFC. He made his Scotland debut in the 1902 Calcutta Cup at Inverleith and played every possible match until his retirement in 1907, gaining 17 caps.{{cite news |title=E. D. Simson, Edinburgh University |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19060202/047/0004 |work=Scottish Referee |date=2 February 1906}}

A captain in the Indian Medical Service, Simson was stationed in Nowshera and died of cholera at the age of 28.{{cite news |title=Death of Captain Simson |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005276/19100730/081/0004 |work=Hunts County News |date=30 July 1910}}