Jack "Jackie" Dryburgh (14 January 1939 – 21 August 2020) was a Scottish

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player and coach and administrator. Born in Kirkcaldy, he played for various clubs in Scotland and

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during the 1950s and 1960s as well as coaching in

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and

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. He was a member of the

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and was inducted into the

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in 1991.

Playing career

Dryburgh began his senior playing career with Murrayfield Royals. He moved to

to play for the

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in the British National League in October 1956. However, he returned to the Royals as he was unable to find suitable employment as an aircraft fitter in the Midlands. The Royals remained unbeaten in the 1957–58 season. He then returned to England in 1959 to play for the

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, scoring four

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in his debut game and finishing the season as the team's leading points scorer. After starting the 1960–61 season back with the Royals, Dryburgh finished the second half of the season with the Vikings. In 1961, Dryburgh made his only appearance for the Great Britain national team at the World Championship Pool B tournament in Switzerland. The team were undefeated in the tournament although they finished runners up. Dryburgh joined the Brighton Tigers at the start of the 1961–62 season and remained with them for four seasons. With the Tigers, he scored 205 goals and 262 assists for 467 points in 131 games. After the ice rink in Brighton closed, Dryburgh played for Liège in the

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league and made occasional appearances for

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, Perth Panthers and the homeless Brighton Tigers.

Post playing career

In the late 1960s, Dryburgh moved to

in Scotland where he was the rink manager for many years. Following his time in Aviemore, Dryburgh became the team manager of the Solihull Barons in the 1980s. Following his stint in Solihull, Dryburgh returned to his home-town, Kirkcaldy, as the rink manager of the

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. During his time there he acted as

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on occasion. Dryburgh also represented the Scottish Rink Managers Association on the now-defunct

. Dryburgh died on 21 August 2020, at the age of 81.

Awards and honours

*Inducted to the

in 1991

Records

*Leading points scorer for

in the 1959–60 season.

References

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