Adam Burdett Explained

Adam Burdett
Birth Date:20 September 1882
Birth Place:Oudtshoorn, Cape Colony
Death Place:Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal Province
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Weight:80.3kg (177lb)
School:Diocesan College
Clubs1:Western Province
Repyears1:1906
Repteam1:South Africa
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0

Adam Francis Burdett (20 August 1882 – 4 November 1918) was a South African rugby union player from Oudtshoorn. He was killed in World War I, while serving as a captain in the South African Service Corps.[1] He took part in the 1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour, the original 'Springbok' tour. He was awarded two caps in November 1906, one against and one against . He played for Western Province. He was 5 feet 10 inches, and weighed 12 stone 9 pounds.

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  1. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/126661 Commonwealth War Graves database