Donald_Macleod_(surgeon)
Donald Macleod (surgeon)
Scottish surgeon, sports medicine pioneer and rugby doctor
Professor Donald Macleod FRCSEd, FFAEM (Hon), FFSEM (Hon), FISM (4 March 1941- 13 November 2022) was a Scottish surgeon and was President of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) 2013–2014. He was the Scotland team doctor 1969–1995 and the SRU's medical adviser 1971–2003.[1]
| Birth name | Donald A. D. Macleod | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1941-03-04)March 4, 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Selkirk, Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 November 2022(2022-11-13) (aged 81) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Innerleithen, Scotland | ||||||||||||
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| 124th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||
| In office 2013–2014 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Alan Lawson | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ian Rankin | ||||||||||||
He worked as a consultant general surgeon at Bangour General Hospital, West Lothian from 1975 to 2001, and as associate postgraduate dean of surgery for south-east Scotland from 1993 to 2004.[2] He was also an honorary professor of sports medicine at Aberdeen University from 1998 to 2003.[2]
He was the Scottish rugby union team's doctor from 1969 to 1995 and their medical adviser from 1971 to 2003.[2] He was also the British Lion' team doctor from 1983; and a member of the medical advisory committee of the International Rugby Board from 1977 to 2003.[2][3]
He served as vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 2001 to 2004; chairman of the Intercollegiate Academic Board for Sports and Exercise Medicine from 1998 to 2003; president of the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine from 1995 to 2002; and from 2005 to 2008 was chair of the medical committee for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth games bid.[2]
He received the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine's Sir Roger Bannister Medal in 2005.[2]
Amateur career
He played for Edinburgh Academicals.[4]
Administrative career
He was a President of Selkirk rugby union club from 2009 to 2011.[4][5]
He was elected vice-president of the Scottish Rugby Union in 2012.[5]
He became the 124th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 2013 to 2014.[6]
It was during his presidency that a sponsorship deal with BT was secured. Macleod stated: 'Congratulations to the executive team on securing such a great deal for the whole of Scottish rugby. From Stornoway in the north to Selkirk in the south, this welcome investment comes as a very positive development for the entire game.'[7]
In 2019, Macleod stood down from the committee of the Selkirk rugby club.[8]
Macleod died at the age of 81 on 13 November 2022.[9]
- "Donald MacLeod". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009). The Development of Sports Medicine in Twentieth-century Britain. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-121-9. Wikidata Q29581766.
- Macleod, D A (1 December 1989). "Team doctor". British Journal of Sports Medicine. 23 (4): 211–212. doi:10.1136/bjsm.23.4.211. PMC 1478718. PMID 2629996.
- "Dr Donald McLeod, former President of the SRU". www.rotary-ribi.org. Rotary Club - Currie Balerno. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- "The Southern Reporter SBSR.syndication.feed". wardman1.rssing.com.
- "Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19" (PDF). Scottish Rugby. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- May 2014, Wednesday 28. "Scottish Rugby secures BT deal". Talking Rugby Union.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - "Upbeat message from new Selkirk RFC president". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- Bean, Graham (15 November 2022). "Donald Macleod: tributes to former Scotland team doctor and past president of the SRU". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- Donald Macleod on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website