Donny Innes

Donny Innes (16 September 1917 – 21 January 2012) was a Scotland international rugby union player and a doctor who worked as a general practitioner (GP).

Early life Innes was born on 16 September 1917 in Aberdeen Scotland. His father was a physician and his mother a GP.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

While studying medicine at the University of Aberdeen, he played for the Aberdeen University rugby union side. His pre-war Scotland caps came with the university side.

He played for Aberdeen GSFP.

He was a notable rugby sevens player and led the Co-Optimists to victory in the Murrayfield Sevens tournament in 1939.

He made the Scotland Probables side in December 1947.

International career

He was capped 8 times for Scotland. He was one of only 5 Scotland internationalists who played before and after the second World War.

Administrative career

He was on the committee of North and Midlands. He was the Scottish Rugby Union president from 1973–74. He became the Aberdeen GSFP president in 1991.