| Bob Purdie | |
| Fullname: | Robert Purdie |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 1911 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Death Place: | New Zealand |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Boxing |
| Nationals: | Lightweight champion (1932) |
Robert Purdie (18 February 1911 – 9 July 1982) was a New Zealand boxer who represented his country at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1911,[1] Purdie won three New Zealand national boxing titles, in the featherweight division in 1930 and 1931,[2] and the lightweight division in 1932.[1] In 1930 he won the Jamieson Belt for the most scientific boxer at the national championships.[2]
In 1932, Purdie was one of three New Zealand boxers to compete at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.[2] Fighting in the lightweight division, Purdie controversially lost his first round fight to the Italian, Mario Bianchini.[3]
Purdie died in 1982,[1] and he was cremated at Purewa Crematorium in Auckland.[4]