Rugby player
| Birth name | Daniel Drysdale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1901-05-18)18 May 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kippen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 October 1987(1987-10-15) (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was 65th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
Born in Kippen, Stirlingshire Drysdale, went to George Heriots and also played for Heriot's FP, and London Scottish. He went to Edinburgh University and the University of Oxford, where he played for the teams Edinburgh University RFC and Oxford University RFC.
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.
International career
Drysdale played for Scotland and the Lions.
He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa.
He also played for the Barbarians.
Administrative career
He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951-2.
Outside of rugby union
He was a timber merchant.
References
- "Daniel Drysdale". En.espn.co.uk.
- ^ Godwin, p127
- ^ 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.
- ^ Godwin, p. 128
Sources
- 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)
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