Dan Drysdale

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Daniel Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was the 65th president of the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

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

He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.[4]

International career

Drysdale played for Template:Nrut 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

He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951 and 1952.[6]

Outside of rugby union

He was a timber merchant.[6]

References

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Sources

  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 Template:ISBN)
  • Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, Template:ISBN)
  • Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; Template:ISBN)

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