| Birth name | David Alexander McLaren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 August 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brancepeth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 February 1974 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Brancepeth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander McLaren (29 August 1910 – 24 February 1974) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
McLaren played for Durham City.[2] He captained the side.[3]
He played for Anglo-Scots in the December 1929 match against Provinces District.[4]
He played for Scotland Possibles in the 1931 final trial match.[5]
He played for Durham County.[6]
For many years he stroked a Durham City crew.[3]
His grandfather and then father owned a farm at East Parks at Brancepeth, in the family since 1883. This passed to Alexander on his death in 1931.[8]
Alexander was born at the farm. He was noted for keeping pigs.[8]
His grandfather Peter McLaren from Scotland married Janet Pattullo from Angus, Scotland. They moved to Durham and took on a farm in 1883.
His father was Henry Pattullo MacLaren (1873-1931) was then born in Durham. His mother was Agnes Mary Tiernan Graham (1878-1950) from Paisley.
Alexander married Marguerite Frances Bell (1912-2001) in 1938 at St. Helen's Church in Low Fell.[3]