Eddie Purkiss | |
Birth Name: | Edwin Maurice Purkiss[1] |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1934 |
Birth Place: | Grafton, New South Wales |
Ru Position: | flanker |
Repyears1: | 1958 |
Repteam1: | Wallabies |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Edwin Maurice "Eddie" Purkiss (27 July 1934 - 15 January 2008) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Purkiss, a flanker, was born in Grafton, New South Wales, and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. He made the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.