Not to be confused with Walter Sutherland (Norn).
Walter Riddell Sutherland (1890 - 4 October 1918) from Hawick was a Scottish rugby union footballer who gained 13 caps playing for the Scotland national rugby union team between 1910 and 1914 and was regarded as the best Scottish wing threequarter of his day. The outbreak of the First World War put end to his rugby career, and he served with the Lothians and Border Horse, later the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and finally the Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed on 4 October 1918, several weeks before the armistice, aged 27.
References
- Walter Sutherland Scotland's Rugby Legend 1890 1918 by Kenneth Bogle ISBN 0-7524-3613-9
