David Brown (8 February 1909 – 10 November 1983) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
[2] He played for Scotland Possibles in their trial match against Scotland Probables in January 1933, the Glasgow Herald noting that the comparison to the Probables full back Kenneth Walker Marshall:[3] Of the two full backs, Kenneth Walker Marshall is neater, faster and safer in gathering the ball.
David Brown, owing to this powerful physique, is better than Marshall in getting clear of a mess whether of his own, or another's making.
[3] Nevertheless, despite the Possibles 21–9 defeat, it was Brown that the selectors chose for international recognition, with Marshall having to wait to the following year for his selection.
[4] His father was Robert Charles Brown, born in Buenos Aires, from a Berwickshire family; his mother Agnes Jane Collart (1867–1938) from Kells in Kirkcudbright.