David Shedden (24 May 1944 in Kilwinning – 27 October 2017 in Linwood) was a Scotland international rugby union footballer, who played on the wing.
[4][5] He was part of the West of Scotland team that won the 'unofficial' Scottish championship title in season 1970–71.
[3][11] Richard Bath writes of him that: He won the Calcutta Cup with Scotland against England at Murrayfield in 1976.
[13] While he was on the park however he provided rugby commentator Bill McLaren with one of his top five sporting memories with his counterattack setting up of Alan Lawson's first try that day.
Shedden's form of dementia was thought to be Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), brought on by the cumulative effect of head trauma.