- Dan Drysdale
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Daniel "Dan" Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for Scotland and the Lions.[1][2]
Born in Kippen, Stirlingshire[2] Drysdale, went to George Heriots and also played for Heriot's FP,[1], London Scottish F.C. and Barbarian F.C..[2] He went to Edinburgh University and Oxford University, where he played for the teams Edinburgh University RFC and Oxford University RFC.[2]
He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa.[1]
He was a timber merchant, and was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951-2.[3]
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1905326246)
- Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0713718382)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
- Dan Drysdale's profile at Scrum.com
Categories:- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- People from Edinburgh
- British and Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
- 1901 births
- 1987 deaths
- People educated at George Heriot's School
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- People from Stirling (council area)
- Oxford University rugby union players
- Edinburgh University rugby union players
- Heriot's RC players
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs
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