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.