Alexander Aitken (rugby union)
# Alexander Aitken (rugby union)

Alexander Aitken (8 January 1869 – 7 July 1925) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

## Rugby Union career

### Amateur career

Aitken played club rugby for Edinburgh Institution F.P.

### Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the 1888 inter-city match.

He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 26 January 1889.

### International career

He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1889. He played in the match against Ireland on 16 February.

## Family

His father was Alexander Dunn Aitken (1818–1902) and his mother was Elizabeth Smith McClelland (1832-1915). He was one of their ten children.

