Osbert Gadesden Mackie (23 August 1869 – 25 January 1927)[1] was an English rugby union centre and Anglican priest.
B. Mackie of Kirkthorpe and was educated at Haileybury School before entering Clare College, Cambridge, in 1895[2] receiving his BA in 1898.
He won three sporting Blues when he played in the Varsity rugby match against Oxford University between 1895 and 1897 and was awarded the honour of captaining the team.
While still at Cambridge, Mackie was selected to represent Johnny Hammonds's 1896 British Isles team on their tour of South Africa.
The tourists stuck with the same four threequarters until the final match, with Mackie being joined by Lawrence Bulger, J. F. Byrne and Robert Johnston.