Dan Drysdale Explained

Dan Drysdale
Birth Name:	Daniel Drysdale
Birth Date:	18 May 1901
Birth Place:	Kippen, Scotland
Death Place:	Yeovil, England
Ru Position:	Full Back
Ru Amateuryears:	-
Ru Amateurclubs:	Heriots Edinburgh University Oxford University London Scottish
Ru Provinceyears:	1923
Ru Province:	Edinburgh District
Ru Nationalteam:	Scotland British and Irish Lions Barbarians
Ru Nationalyears:	1923-29 1924
Ru Nationalcaps:	26 4
Ru Nationalpoints:	(45) (0)
Module2:	Embed: yes Office: President of the Scottish Rugby Union Term Start: 1951 Term End: 1952 Order: 65th

Daniel Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was 65th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.^[1]

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Born in Kippen, Stirlingshire Drysdale, went to George Heriots and also played for Heriot's FP, and London Scottish. He went to Edinburgh University and the University of Oxford, where he played for the teams Edinburgh University RFC and Oxford University RFC.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.^[2]

International career

Drysdale played for and the Lions.^{[3] [4] [5]}

He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa.^[3]

He also played for the Barbarians.^[4]

Administrative career

He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951-2.^[6]

Outside of rugby union

He was a timber merchant.^[6]

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;)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daniel Drysdale. En.espn.co.uk.
2. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. News.google.com. 31 October 2021.
3. Bath, p118
4. Godwin, p127
5. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Dan Drysdale - Test matches. Espnscrum.com. 31 October 2021.
6. Godwin, p. 128