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'''Donald Ross Rutnam''' (19 September 1902 &ndash; 10 June 1968) was an Indian civil servant and sportsman of Anglo-[[Demographics of Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/288 |title=Donald Rutnam |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Ceylon Civil Service]] and served as the [[Deputy commissioner (India)|Deputy Commissioner]] of the [[Central Provinces and Berar]].<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35029/supplements/19/page.pdf Supplement of the London Gazette, January 1941]</ref> He represented India in Tennis at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] and at the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]].<ref>[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddonald%2Brutnam%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dj4H%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official&rurl=translate.google.lk&sl=pl&u=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/donald-rutnam-1.html&usg=ALkJrhg0L3X5-VgFEasQ2f1vSfjBAzQfQA Donald Rutnam]</ref><ref>[http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/9b85f677-977f-467c-a853-7d3a4d93589f/index.html Players Archive]</ref><br />
Born in [[Colombo]], [[Ceylon]], Rutnam was educated at [[Royal College Colombo]] where he captained the college cricket team at the [[Royal–Thomian]].<ref>[http://www.royalthomian.info/articles_pages/100th/19.html MY CRICKETING CRICKETING DAYS AT STC BY A LANKATILLEKE]</ref> He died on 10 June 1968 in [[Dulwich]], United Kingdom.<br />
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