David Gilbert-Smith
| Full name | David Stuart Gilbert-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 December 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pune, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 March 2003 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cheltenham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Edward's School, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Flanker | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| – | () | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1952 | 1 | ((0)) | |
David Gilbert-Smith (3 December 1931 – 24 March 2003) was a former Scotland international rugby union player. Gilbert-Smith played as a flanker.
Gilbert-Smith played for London Scottish.
He also played for the Army Rugby Union side.
He was capped for Scotland once, in 1952, in the Five Nations Calcutta Cup match against England.
He joined the Army in 1951.
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.
He fought in the battle alongside another Scotland international rugby player Mike Campbell-Lamerton. The two became lifelong friends.
He also served in the SAS.
Gilbert-Smith founded the Leadership trust. He also worked as a Training Manager for Bulmers.
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