Daniel Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a

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player. He was 65th President of the

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Rugby union career

Amateur career

Born in

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Drysdale, went to George Heriots and also played for

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, and London Scottish. He went to

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and the

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, where he played for the teams

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and

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Provincial career

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

International career

Drysdale played for and the

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.Bath, p118Godwin, p127 He was on the

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. He also played for the

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Administrative career

He was president of the

between 1951-2.Godwin, p. 128

Outside of rugby union

He was a timber merchant.

References

Sources

*Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) *Godwin, Terry ''Complete Who's Who of International Rugby'' (Cassell, 1987, ) *Massie, Allan ''A Portrait of Scottish Rugby'' (Polygon, Edinburgh; ) 1901 births 1987 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Oxford Barbarian F.C. players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland Edinburgh District (rugby union) players Edinburgh University RFC players Heriot's RC players Oxford University RFC players People educated at George Heriot's School Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union Rugby union players from Stirling (council area) Scotland international rugby union players Scottish rugby union players Rugby union fullbacks {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub