Accidental Deaths in Scotland: Road Accident Deaths in Scotland, Sport Deaths in Scotland, Alexander III of Scotland, Johnny Haynes

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Road accident deaths in Scotland, Sport deaths in Scotland, Alexander III of Scotland, Johnny Haynes, Colin McRae, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Phil O'Donnell, John Thomson, Iain Borb MacLeod, Jason MacIntyre, John Murray, Ian Bannen, Peter Craven, Steve Hislop, 2009 Buachaille Etive Mor avalanche, Gordon Lennon, John Cobb, Gilbert Dawson, Charles Thomas Kennedy, George Rodgers, Keith Cox, William Wilton, Tom Patey, John Ripley, Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, Robin Gloag, Brian Whittaker, Bobby McKean, Paul Carter, John Britton, Ian Buchan, James Murray, John Dunbar, Earl of Moray. Excerpt: Colin Steele McRae, MBE (5 August 1968 - 15 September 2007) was a Scottish rally driver born in Lanark. The son of five-time British Rally Champion Jimmy McRae and brother of rally driver Alister McRae, Colin McRae was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion and, in 1995, became the first Briton and the youngest to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title. He still holds that record to this day. McRae's outstanding performance on the Subaru World Rally Team enabled the team to win the World Rally Championship Constructors' title three times in succession in 1995, 1996 and 1997. After a four year spell with the Ford Motor Co. team, which saw McRae win nine events, he moved to Citroen World Rally Team in 2003 where, despite not winning an event, he helped them win the first of their three consecutive manufacturers' titles. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to motorsport in 1996. McRae died in a helicopter accident in September 2007 which also claimed the lives of his son and two family friends. In November 2008 he was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. McRae was married to Alison, and had two children, Hollie and Johnny. McRae moved to the principalit...