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Dan Drysdale
Daniel Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was 65th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
| Birth name | Daniel Drysdale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 May 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kippen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 October 1987 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Yeovil, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 65th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1951–1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jimmie Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Frank Moffat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career edit
Amateur career edit
Born in Kippen, Stirlingshire[2] Drysdale, went to George Heriots and also played for Heriot's FP,[3] and London Scottish.[2] He went to Edinburgh University and the University of Oxford, where he played for the teams Edinburgh University RFC and Oxford University RFC.[2]
Provincial career edit
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.[4]
International career edit
Drysdale played for Scotland and the Lions.[3][2][5]
He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa.[3]
He also played for the Barbarians.[2]
Administrative career edit
He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951-2.[6]
Outside of rugby union edit
He was a timber merchant.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Daniel Drysdale". En.espn.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e Godwin, p127
- ^ a b c Bath, p118
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Dan Drysdale - Test matches". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ a b Godwin, p. 128
Sources edit
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)