David Gilbert-Smith

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

David Gilbert-Smith
Birth nameDavid Stuart Gilbert-Smith
Date of birth(1931-12-03)3 December 1931
Place of birthPune, India
Date of death24 March 2003(2003-03-24) (aged 71)
Place of deathCheltenham, England
SchoolSt 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)

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

Subsequently Gilbert-Smith worked as a Training Manager for Bulmers. He later founded the Leadership Trust in 1975, working with Janet Richardson, a behavioural psychologist, whom he married in 1985.[3]

References
  1. "David Gilbert-Smith | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum". en.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. "David Gilbert-Smith - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - David Gilbert-Smith - Test matches". en.espn.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "» Day jobs and life after rugby, Part 3: Scotland and FranceRugbydata".
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