Alexander Purves was a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

rugby union player.Bath, p. 137 He was capped ten times for between 1906 and 1908. He also played for

London Scottish FC London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. The club is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is currently playing in the RFU Championship. The club share the Athletic Ground wit ...

. He was the brother of William Purves who was also capped for Scotland.

References

*Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Year of death missing Year of birth missing {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub