David Rose (rugby)

David M. Rose (20 February 1931 – 31 January 2021) was a Scottish rugby union and World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Scotland, and at club level for Jed-Forest RFC, as a Wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield and Leeds, as a.

Rugby union
Rose won 7 caps for Scotland national rugby union team while at Jed-Forest RFC in 1951–53.

Rugby league
Rose won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Leeds in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France. He played in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain's 16–12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup Final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954. Rose's rugby career was curtailed by a broken leg suffered after moving to Leeds.